This is a sad story of unexpected consequences. We had one child but, being unrepentant liberals, we wanted to adopt an older child and give them a better life. The boy we adopted was 6 and we knew going forward would not be easy, but our idealism won. He is now 43 and we gave up long ago hoping for anything other than he didn’t become homeless or in prison. In the beginning we had wonderful dreams, but because of early life abuse and neglect, he rejected, often violently, all of our efforts. About six months ago, I let him go and stopped trying to help him. He is on disability and lives independently. This was not what I expected but I accept it now.
My life was changed by a sweatshirt, or rather the sweatshirt I chose not to wear on a day where it changed everything. By the way, that egg graphic is just the best!
This is a sad story of unexpected consequences. We had one child but, being unrepentant liberals, we wanted to adopt an older child and give them a better life. The boy we adopted was 6 and we knew going forward would not be easy, but our idealism won. He is now 43 and we gave up long ago hoping for anything other than he didn’t become homeless or in prison. In the beginning we had wonderful dreams, but because of early life abuse and neglect, he rejected, often violently, all of our efforts. About six months ago, I let him go and stopped trying to help him. He is on disability and lives independently. This was not what I expected but I accept it now.
My life was changed by a sweatshirt, or rather the sweatshirt I chose not to wear on a day where it changed everything. By the way, that egg graphic is just the best!