I don’t even know where to begin. My life has been totally turned upside down. My child. My only son is facing prison. again. He was arrested and went to prison about 10 years ago for a large amount of Marijuana in another state. We did not step in to help. We let him suffer the consequences of his actions. I had anxiety and depression so bad that I had to be medicated. I felt like a failure as a parent. I felt that I had failed society. It was a very dark time for me.
Fast forward to 2016. He was released from prison. He seemed to get his life back on track. He met who I thought was the sweetest girl. They married and gave me my only grandchild. Even though they are in the next state, we have been so close. She and I talked every single day. She, to me, was the daughter I never had. It was rainbows and unicorns. The only problem we (my DIL and I ) have had was that her mother is a meth addict. I did not know this when they got married and learned this info just before my grandchild was born. They were estranged from each other when the baby was born but the addict soon managed to weasel her way back in to her daughters good graces. I have feared her being around our grandchild but being in another state I had no control. My son and I discussed her and he never let her be alone with our grandchild, or so he said. My DIL is and has been very defensive of her mother and her addiction. I have kept my mouth closed and have bitten my tongue. They have had ins and outs to the point of her mother choking her a year and moms husband vandalizing her car a year or so ago. Being raised by an addict, drugs are normal to her. Drugs are not normal to me. Both my husband and I have Law Enforcement/ Criminal Justice backgrounds.
Like I said before…
Our son seemed to have his life together. I can’t tell you how proud we have been. He had gone from the bottom and seemed to be on top of the world. He started his own business and was making good money…
And then the other shoe dropped and knocked the breath out of me.
Our son was arrested for trafficking meth and cocaine a few months ago. They didn’t tell us. Someone else did. He was also charged as a felon in possession of a firearm. He is facing God knows how much time in prison and they have pretended all is well. When I was told this information the first thing I did was call him. He couldn’t believe that I had found out and told me that he had hoped it would just go away. SERIOUSLY!!! I told him how I felt. I was hurt, disappointed and angry. I felt betrayed and lied to. My daughter in law has not spoken to me since I replied to her text. She is angry at me. She is taking this as a personal attack and basically said that I am selfish for “having a hard time with this” because she is possibly going to be a single parent.
I have not spoken to them since. I have tried to call my son and I have texted but there is never a response. I place 100% of the blame on my son but I am placing blame on my DIL too. I will not blame her mother but I’m sure she was right there in the middle of it all. I am shaking so badly that I can barely type.
I have lost my child, my grandchild and my DIL. I am DEVASTATED and I am ANGRY. I am HURT and I am SCARED.
Good Morning Thursday 25th April 2024
Washing bio gel or quid in the drum
Angela Rayner lashes out and calls Sunak “pint sized loser”.