Back in 2010 when things with my youngest son, Charles, started to go off the rails, I had to come face to face with my parental pride.
I had to readjust, accept, and alter my expectations. I had to face people who blamed our family’s problems on my unworthiness as a parent. I had to figure out how to come to terms with being the target of a lot of gossip and learn to dismiss it and focus on that which was more important.
Before then, I wonder how often I may have blamed parents for a child’s drug problem … Read more...