So Many Changes

So many changes are happening at our house right now.  My son's been out of jail since Thursday.  It's hard in some ways because I feel that he's a bit traumatized by the whole experience.  Of course that makes me sad for him, but at the same time, it's like he's been changed by the experience and that's a good thing.

Tonight he reconnected with a good friend who's always tried to be there for him.  This boy never did heroin.  He's always been willing to be a friend to my son but would usually fade out of his life when he was in the midst of his worst times of addiction.  I'm really glad to see them back together.  More evidence of God's involvement in this situation: 

The friend was able to stop smoking pot about six weeks ago.  I know that he struggled with that and my son kind of felt that maybe he couldn't be around him because he's determined to be drug free.  So, it was a really nice thing when they talked on the phone tonight and found that neither of them wants to be involved in drugs in any way.  What a blessing!

I'm still wore out.  I'm hurting a lot physically because all of the stress in this situation has really aggravated my fibromyalgia.  Still, I'm just doing what I can as I can and probably need to learn from all of this to rest more and take better care of myself.  We're all learning new things here.

My son spoke via text message to the ex-girlfriend that he was with when he got arrested.  She's a real piece of work.  Once again, she was the one who was the experienced thief.  As many problems as I've felt my son has, she has more.  When I asked him if she expressed any sympathy or sorrow that he was stuck in jail for 11 days while she got bailed out that night, he said nope.  She apparently blames him.  Wow.  As usual, she leaves me speechless.  Good riddance to bad rubbish.

More good news, my son is planning to go to church in the morning with the friend I mentioned.  I'm so happy for the both of them.  It's not the church I go to, but frankly, I'm happy for him to have a relationship with God in any form.  That's another blessing.  It's even encouraged me to get back to Mass myself.  I haven't been in ages.  Things have been in such turmoil.  The very thought of being in church and just resting in the presence of God is one of the most relaxing things I can think of.  He's seen us this far and I can only believe that He'll continue on.