he is young, hopefully he will snap out of it.

my brother was stealing from my dad, running around with guns, smoking meth.

around the age of 25 he started maturing, had a baby and his life changed around.

i saw my dad go through hell, and i did not blame him one bit when he kicked him out on several occasions. the people are that are mad that you kicked him out prob dont fully understand what you are going through.

What a lucky guy.

Everyone is already ticked so you might as well go fishing

What a lucky guy.

Everyone is already ticked so you might as well go fishing

Avid, you're an eternal optimist!

sorry, That does sound pretty bad, but keep your head up, things will get better, and remember, someone else always has it worse than you.

I can't I can compare anything like that, but I know the feeling.

Good things happen to good people.  In the meantime, just work on the things you can control, eventually some of it works itself out, and for the things that don't, you can do what you can.

Trucks in the mud, things like that are no sweat.  Losing a dog is a part of life, and it sucks - sometimes as bad as losing family.  Your Stepson is another story.  I'm sorry to hear that you have to deal with this.  Have faith, stay on the path...you know the deal.

go out and fish

your promblems will be over the moment u catch a bass

It'll all get better soon, man!

Praying for you and your family. Please consider that when bad things happen it's not god that does them to you. It's a combination of people and sometimes things just...well happen. This to shall pass and take heart that you seem to be doing your part as the leader of your family. You did some tough things, but it sounds like you did THE RIGHT things, which aren't always popular.

Trust me I know where this comes from. God allows things to happen sometimes to make us a better person. This world is under the curse of sin and sometimes things just happen. So this in no way shakes my faith, rather strengthens it.[/quote]

I love that.

I'll be honest my luck has been crap lately. Lost my job, loosing my home (which I built from start to end with my own hands), credit card companies sticking it to us.

UPDATE>>>Got a new job making more than before, with insurances and benefits. Got approved more a mortgage modification (cutting $600 a month off that), and the card companies are willing to work with me cause I have a job now.

Downside...have a trip planned for Falcon in Late January...hope I get vacation time for it.

My point is, I'm living proof things get better.

I was going to start singing "sounds like life to me" 

prays sent 

Wish I could make all ok but all I know to do when life turns tough is:

1. Hang on as no matter how bad life gets, it won't last--no matter how good life gets, it won't last.

2. In life it doesn't matter how many times we get knocked down as long as we get up one more time than we hit the deck.

3. The hardest thing is to do the right thing when it seems everybody else thinks you are wrong. The tough love family problem will take lots of planning and perserverence.

Hang in there and time will see things get better.

Darn....I kept waiting for a punchline.

"That sucks" does not even begin to explain it. Well I will say this but O' philosophy my pastor has thrown on us from time to time, Every climb to up a mountain starts in a valley. So hopefully, the mountaintop you reach from this is equally as high as the valley is deep.

Get out and do some fishing...clean the mind a bit.