Date: 8/15/2014 8:50:00 AM
From Authorid: 64365
OMIGOSH, Kelly. That's terrible. Glad your dad is okay, though. HUGS
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Date: 8/15/2014 9:05:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 15228
Thanks Nani, he definitely has gone down hill health wise since this happened. It must be an awful memory to live with.  |
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Date: 8/15/2014 9:08:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 15228
I think sometimes her looks may have worked against her. I wonder if she'd looked more like a stereotypical meth head, if a judge wouldn't have given her jail time after her numerous arrests rather than the constant probation. |
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Date: 8/15/2014 9:09:00 AM
From Authorid: 64365
I can imagine, Kelly, but still he will be able to move on from it, especially when he realizes he could have done nothing to prevent it. At least he has you to care for his welfare and well-being...and that says a lot about what kind of person YOU are. Glad you were there for him. HUGS |
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Date: 8/15/2014 9:11:00 AM
From Authorid: 64365
You have a point there about her looks. Jail time would probably have helped her clear her head, and realize how destructive she was being to herself and others who loved her. |
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Date: 8/15/2014 9:13:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 15228
I just wish there were more affordable drug rehabs. In the county my Dad lives, 1 in 3 deaths are drug overdoses, most from heroin. So many families don't know what to do or can't afford the cost of a good treatment program. |
Date: 8/15/2014 9:22:00 AM
From Authorid: 22721
Some people are stuck in a cycle of self destruction. You can offer help, but that help needs to be accepted to be effective. Some people would prefer self destruction then getting help.  |
Date: 8/15/2014 9:25:00 AM
From Authorid: 53427
How sad! I hope your dad doesn't take all that guilt on himself. He was only trying to help.  |
Date: 8/15/2014 10:16:00 AM
From Authorid: 998
Kelly, it is really nice to see you here again. We missed you! I remember some of the saga from a while ago and I'm so sorry to hear that it turned out this way. You tried to bring it to a different conclusion and you can have a good conscious about your decisions to move him. I hope your father will be able to move past this. Yes, if she looked like just another drug addict she probably would have had a different life, but maybe not a different outcome. So sad   |
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Date: 8/15/2014 11:40:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 15228
Thanks Ginger, its nice to be back. I do wish we could have broken the connection. If she'd found herself homeless digging in dumpsters maybe she would have finally gotten help. Dad had helped her Grandmother (his long term girlfriend) raise her and she was pretty spoiled, he just could never say no to her even when it was for her own good. |
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Date: 8/15/2014 11:41:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 15228
Snookums, I hope not either. Her mother was pretty terrible, I think it all began with that. |
Date: 8/15/2014 5:55:00 PM
From Authorid: 21435
Some people are helpers and some people are users. I know that I've been under a couple of spells, myself. Happy that your father is back, Kelly. Good to know that you're still around also.  Write on....  |
Date: 8/15/2014 5:57:00 PM
From Authorid: 28848
What a tragic situation. I'm sorry she is gone and wasn't able to get help.  |
Date: 8/16/2014 9:40:00 AM
From Authorid: 48250
I'm glad that You are there for Your Dad., it's a sad tragic situation, he obviously tried to help her and did the very best he could do., and that is what is so sad, You do all that You can to try to help someone turn their life around, yet they simply throw their life away., there's nothing he probably could have done any different yet the guilt, the feelings of helplessness is still there-----I found myself in a similar situation many years ago, and grew so weary, then I turned them as well as their situation over to God and He took care of them....no better place to be,.....I wish both Your dad and you the very best and yes, we have missed you around here...T/C  |
Date: 8/19/2014 12:45:00 AM
From Authorid: 42945
You are there for your Dad and what has happened is ultimately the best outcome of this tragic situation, not meaning that the young girl should have died, I hope that your Dad can move on in his life without seeing the young girl like that, he obviously cared a lot for her...Life can be so sad for some and I do feel for your Dad..
Good to see you around Kelly   |
Date: 8/19/2014 11:29:00 AM
From Authorid: 62722
There are folks who will suck the life out of you, if you let them, and many of these "enablers" are in total denial, they cannot see what others around them, who love them, can see.
It is almost like a disease.
I, for one, am happy that your dad is free of her.  |
Date: 8/23/2014 10:40:00 PM
From Authorid: 63575
My prayers go out to you and your family.  |
