Most of you know Caleb and about his mom...but for those who don't. Caleb is our nephew, his sister Jenny's son. His dad is a flake and his mom (Jenny) had made bad choices in men etc. Due to these choices Caleb hasn't had much to do with her since he was a sophmore in HS. She never wrote him while he was in Iraq etc etc. We thought things were getting better between them since he's been home. In fact they and one of her best friends, and the friends daughter were all supposed to go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They were to leave on last wed.
Yesterday we had a phone message from Jenny's other best friend, saying that Jenny was staying with her and needed her siblings to do something :???: So Mike called and the short version is that she's been doing drugs for years, and drinking. Has lost her job (told us she quit), been evicted, her car is in the shop and she has no money, and the ex husband (who she has a restraining order against) tried to kill her. Mike talked to her and told her she needs to do rehab/detox of some sort before we can help her in any way. His brother is an alcholic who we tried to help for years, in fact he lived with us for several years.
It's such a hard thing, you can't help them, they have to help themselves. So please pray for Jenny, that she will try to get her life together, and let God help her. For Caleb and his brothers, and for Mike that he won't feel guilty about not being able to help her. He still feels guilty about his brother
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Thanks
Yesterday we had a phone message from Jenny's other best friend, saying that Jenny was staying with her and needed her siblings to do something :???: So Mike called and the short version is that she's been doing drugs for years, and drinking. Has lost her job (told us she quit), been evicted, her car is in the shop and she has no money, and the ex husband (who she has a restraining order against) tried to kill her. Mike talked to her and told her she needs to do rehab/detox of some sort before we can help her in any way. His brother is an alcholic who we tried to help for years, in fact he lived with us for several years.
It's such a hard thing, you can't help them, they have to help themselves. So please pray for Jenny, that she will try to get her life together, and let God help her. For Caleb and his brothers, and for Mike that he won't feel guilty about not being able to help her. He still feels guilty about his brother
Thanks