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[ml3602]

First, I hope everyone enjoyed their holidays! It seems like most of you did from what I have read so far.

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[sunnygirly21]

Glad to see you back hun *hugs*

So sorry to hear about your friend and his son...I also don´t understand sometimes why such things have to happen and it´s easy to say it happens for a reason when you´re not directly involved...but either way, I am keeping my fingers crossed all goes well and Michael gets cleared...does Mike get any help for him btw? Maybe that could work with getting there...though I´m not a legal expert so I can´t say really...hope all goes well in the end :)

[ml3602]

Thanks, Dora *hugs back*

No, Mike doesn't get any help with him. My grandmother thinks he should have put Michael in a special school when he was younger, but Mike couldn't have afforded that and it wouldn't do him much good now when Michael is 27. I'm just worried that the judge will feel Mike can't handle Michael by himself.

[pure_magic]

Does the court not take into account that Michael has mental problems? It doesn't really seem fair to send him to jail if he doesn't know what he's doing.

[ml3602]

Ah, I was too busy ranting instead of saying why I felt Michael would be taken away. You're right about the court having to take into account Michael's mental problems so I'm not worried about him being sent to jail. I'm more worried about a judge feeling Mike can no longer handle his son and ordering to have Michael placed elsewhere.

[bubblemum]

Welcome back hun

I agree with Mandy shouldn't the law take mental health problems into account?

[ml3602]

Thanks, M!

I have no doubt that he will not be sent to jail. But this is considered a serious crime around here, so I doubt he'll be left with a warning. I'm more worried about a judge deciding Michael needs to be sent away somewhere where he will be watched by strangers 24/7 and basically be a prisoner. Plus, that would mean separating him from his only family (Mike and Nick, his younger brother). I'm hoping it won't come to that though.

[bubblemum]

I hope everything turns out ok *hugs*

[ml3602]

Thanks, hun! *hugs*

[atanganhito]

Hi Leslie.

I hope it all turns out ok for Michael and Mike. Sometimes, bad things happen to good people and there's no explanation for it. :(

[ml3602]

Hey Anabela,

Thanks, hun. I'm just one of those people who wants to demand answers when fate attacks those I care about. Plus, it is really bad timing given how the anniversary of Josh's death, Mike's other son, is on the 16th. I can't even imagine what it is like.

[pervilicious_08]

You know Im gonna take this survey don't you? lol

Aw, Hun. *hug* Im so sorry about what's happening with Mike and Michael. I know how hurt and sad it was for you to lose Josh and for this to be happening to his family is just something that shouldn't happen. *hug* I hope everything turns out well.

[ml3602]

Yay! I want to see what your answers are gonna be! :P

Thank you, Patti. I knew you would understand best of all. *hug* I can try to think of Josh as having a higher purpose that he couldn't have achieved while being here, but it is harder to figure out why such things keep happening to Mike. And it makes me wonder all the more about what life would be like if Josh were still around to help with Michael, which is a question that doesn't do anyone any good. I'm sure Mike is also thinking a lot about that question and those sort of thoughts alone are enough to tear Mike apart during this whole situation. Ugh. It just sucks. *hug*

[pervilicious_08]

*hug* Bad things happen to good people and we really don't know why. We can only hope we're not alone during the whole thing. You know I am and tons of people are always here for ya. And Im sure you're trying to be there for Mike. *hug* Take care. *hug*

[ml3602]

I am trying to be there for him, even though I know it isn't much help. Nothing can compare to losing someone you love. The pain might lessen over time, but it is simply lying dormant until something happens to wake up all of that pain again.

Blah. January is leaving me feeling rather pessimistic. And I'm not liking the "woe is me" attitude that springs up around this month every year. I'm usually quite okay and at peace with Josh and Danny's death, but I start relapsing a bit a few days before Josh's anniversary. Had two good cries last night before I went to bed with terrible chest pains, then woke up crying because of the upcoming date. It just sort of reminds me that I've lost the two people in this world who made me feel truly happy. And that I often feel like I'm acting out a role that I don't feel in every day life. *sigh* No worries. I'll get over it and be back to my old self just as soon as February gets here. Think it is just hitting harder this year because of all that went on in 2005. *hugs*