Grad night

[mlregalado]

So, last night was graduation night for my 13 y/o(nephew that I have guardianship of). He was very anxious because we, of course, told his grandparents and his mom about graduation. We even gave them tickets and directions. I admit, I was nervous too, especially when his mother showed up. This woman assaulted my DH and his best friend while attempting to kidnap one of the kids.

Fast forward one year from the attempted kidnapping and assault to last night. She showed up filthy, though this is not unusual. There was even waste on her shirt, human or animal I honestly don't know. Looking in her eyes one is able to feel little for her aside from sympathy. She is not the woman my brother married. She may have had some issues while he was alive but she is barely there now. She was somewhat coherent, she understood that her son was graduating but most importantly she was civil. She hugged me, her mom wouldn't stop hugging me(not a big hugger here).

I think that she probably has the right to hate me, I took her kids, I would hate me if I were her. I know she loves them, she is their mom. But I couldn't believe what she said to me after graduation. She said to me "You did a good job" she even told my MIL "I could never have done this" I am so touched. I can't even put into words how good that feels. I only hope that she knows how much I love them and that I didn't take them just so that I could hurt her. I think, at the very least, we are moving toward that. Yes, our 7y/o still poops his pants almost every day. Yes, he still tells me the bad stuff she says about me but maybe we are moving closer to civility. Maybe it was just an emotionally charged incident but I hold out hope that someday we can be comfortable inviting her to everything.

[coreyhsmom]

Jun. 12, 2009 at 1:50 PM

oh that is great that she was civil with you. you go gril it shows you that she night have hope after all with you lol