A Blended Family's Tragedy


I was very upset, but since he was under the influence I didn't want a confrontation right then. I simply told him what these drugs were doing to his body, and that he needed to finish eating and go to bed. We'd talk about it later.

He did that, and when my husband came home I told him what had happened. He said, in no uncertain terms, that my son was out of the house. I told him that wasn't possible because he was only 16 years old, but we had to do something or I was afraid he was going to hurt himself or worst. We came home from school and my son and his friend had just woken up. My husband told my son we had some serious talking to do and his friend was going home. WELL -- it seems his friend had skipped school that day because of them being up all night doing the drugs. He also was living with an Aunt and Uncle because he'd been kicked out of his house. He asked if my husband would drop him off at the high school because he was supposed to get a ride shortly from his cousin, so that his aunt wouldn't know he skipped. My husband took him home.

While he was gone, I sat my son down and told him that the one rule we'd made around the house was that he wasn't to come home stoned, drunk or have any drugs on him or in the house. He'd done that. He'd broken the rules once more, but we were willing to give him one more chance. But he wasn't going to spend the night at that friend's house again. We were going to watch him closely, and he was going to be staying home for the weekend.

He said that wasn't happening and he was leaving home. He wanted to go back to where he'd stayed over the summer with my nephew and his wife. That had come to an abrupt end when he refused to follow their rules, was staying out past curfew, having friends in while they were gone, etc. They'd given him several chances, and each time he'd fall back into his old routine. He said he'd made a friend down there that he was going to stay with, and that they'd get jobs and move out into their own apartment. He was sure

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