Reply #126: Thanks, Midlo [View All]

Except for the constant worry about the oldest, our lives are pretty peaceful now. We are even re-establishing contact with our 17 year old, which, in my despair a year ago, I thought would never happen. I try to keep in touch with the 20 year old, make sure she knows that she has people who love her, a place to come to if she ever decides to get out of her situation. She never calls me, will only give me her cell phone number and doesn't want to tell me where she lives (she's got paranoid tendencies. She thinks we will kidnap her), but I maintain hope that, one day... she will wake up.

The one bright side (and I do mean one) of this hell we went through with the older two was, after they moved out, I got a chance to really get to know my youngest (it's harder when she's the youngest of a group). She's 15 (will be 16 in December) and I'm just amazed that I get this chance to have her these last couple of years. She's not perfect. We have our issues, but we can work them out with her.

Thanks for the hug!