Comments by lynnemfinger
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Posted on May 14 at 5:18 p.m.
Thank you, blessed momma, thank you.
Posted on May 14 at 5:17 p.m.
Came back on (I think I'm obsessed!). No, being raised in a single parent home is no excuse to act out. Like I said earlier, I am so low right now that I am not thinking straight. I have grounded her, I have taken her to counseling, I have tried very many different things. I don't know what I have bailed her out of because the time she was sent to Youth Court for flipping somebody off, we saw to it that she attended every class and went to every therapy session. Also, bail has been set and I am not bailing her out yet. Going to wait a couple of weeks. Very hard to do but.....it's gotta be done. PRAY FOR ME.
Posted on May 14 at 4:58 p.m.
Please leave Jennifer out of this. She is a cum laude graduate of college. Our hearts are broken, and we are under a tremendous amount of stress. I thank all of you for the kind comments. I'm signing off now.
Posted on May 14 at 11:50 a.m.
Jessica has always been a challenge. I have always wondered if she were bi-polar. I took her to a counselor for a few times before she turned 18. I tried to get her to a counselor a few months ago but they would not take her because she was over 18 and I could not make the appointment - even though the cost was based on my income. The main problem is her wanting to follow the crowd for excitement. I keep looking back to see what signs I missed. I don't mean to completely blame her dad - I just am so low I cannot think.
Posted on May 14 at 10:49 a.m.
Thanks to all of you. May God bless you.
Posted on May 14 at 9:36 a.m.
At least three times a week I hear stories from friends about what their kids are doing and how is it breaking their hearts. I do not know the answer. But your comments are a comfort.
Posted on May 14 at 9:06 a.m.
My daughter learned her ways from her dad, so itsjustme is right. I am just so low right now that I can't think straight.
Posted on May 14 at 9:06 a.m.
You're right, siouxlady, I did not mean to sugar coat it. I have already cut off her cell phone, and she will not be allowed to drive. We will take her where she needs to go. I do not plan to get her out of anything. We plan on leaving her in jail for at least a week or two. It is hard to be the bad guy; it is not in my nature but I will be the world's meanest mother.
Posted on May 14 at 9:02 a.m.
Secrecy is probably the main sign of someone who is doing wrong. They don't tell you anything and they get angry if you ask them where they're going (you're "tripping"). Jessica's main problem is low self esteem. She is very immature, she only weighs 115 pounds, and I certainly don't think of her as a "woman".
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Posted on May 15 at 7:10 a.m.
Thanks, everybody, for your support. With all of this happening, I have thought about Al-Anon and wondered if it would help me deal with this. Jessica, too, was always labeled by teachers - maybe the signs were always there and being a mother I could not step back and see. Her dad is not a bad person - when I said she learned from him, I did not mean doing bad things - I just meant not thinking about the outcome of things we do. And maybe I was too easy-going to raise a strong-willed child. I do not know the people Jessica hangs with; she did not bring her friends home. Sometimes we hide our heads in the sand and hope it's a phase. Hopefully, she and I can both learn from this.
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