Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tt00275)

>This last year it came to be that I had to take in my sister (at the time,
>16) who, by all appearances, exhibited the same reactions your daughter
>does - only anger....


Kym, thanks for the encouragment. Love worked in your case
because your sister was finally able to trust another person.
I am still hopeful that my daughter will come around, but we meanwhile
have a lot of extenuating problems to deal with. Because of my
wife's cancer, we had to put our daughter in an institution for
psychiatric evaluation and to give my wife some time to repair
her body and soul. She has already been deemed unfit for foster
care (a no-brainer) and will remain in a group home somewhere
in the state until next spring. We may get her back eventually,
especially if Betty is still around by next spring. I am very heartened
to hear that things worked well for you and I agree that love is a
powerful tool when it is sincere. I am convinced beyond reasonable
doubt that it is my love for Betty that holds her here today (statistically
she has less than a 5% chance of living another year).

Jerry S.