I Saw the Child Within Him

I wish that kids could see past the moment, and see what could happen before it does. It is so hard when you can't be there for them, like you would like. If you need to talk, I am here. I will be praying for all of you. I am so afraid that my daughter is headed in that direction and it scares me, but I just can't seem to get through to her.

I'm so very sorry, I just said a prayer for your children and for you. Somehow someway you all will get thru this. I pray that your children, when all this mess is over with, will learn and come out of this better people. we all mess up sometimes, lets hope they have learned and never go back to their old ways. There is only so much a mom can do. When our kids were litle, they had little hurts, now that they are grown its big hurts. We do our best to protect them, but we can't always fix it.

Elusive, I can 'hear' your pain through your words. No one, unless they are a mother, can say that they understand what you are feeling. There is no greater pain than to watch a child suffer and feel that you are helpless to stop their suffering. I pray God's strength for you and your children. I pray for His comfort for you too.

I am sure that it was very hard for you to sit across from your son knowing that this would be one of the last times you saw him out in the real world for atleast another five years! I'm sure he's suffering as well, and I'm sorry for it too. Hubby and I don't have children yet, so I can only say that I imagine how you feel! I just hope that this will make you and your children stronger. Good Luck!

Somehow, in our deepest pain we find the strength to deal with what we have to deal with. I am so sorry that you are going through this and I am so sorry for your son too but my life experience's have taught me that good can come out of bad situations.You will nt see it now but later on you will realise that Jesus is there with you right now and he is suffering as you are suffering. I begun last night to pray for your son.Please can you om me his first name?That will do so I can get my prayer group that is all over the world to begin to storm heaven with prayer so that your son can deal with what is ahead of him.I pray too that he will not harden hs heart by his experiences but will emerge like a butterfly from a cocoon and fly into freedom.Wewill pray for you too. Keep strong and you can always pm me any time.Many blessings to you and to your children

I can only take my hat of for you. It is not easy, when you have to let go sometime. You will always be there for him, that i know, but unfortunately, we as parents cannot live their lives for them. We can only hope that they do not forget everything that we have taught them. It doesn,t matter how old they are, they will always be our babies. I pray to God that you and your son will get threw this and i know at the end of the day, he will be a better person, after these five years. My heart really bleeds for you, but whatever happened, for this to be, we will always be here to support you. We my not be able to take the heartache away, but we will listen and give advice as far and best we can. Be faithfull and let God help both of you threw this.

I am so sorry Elusive and it must be hard for you to see him like that I will keep them in my thoughts and hope that they will get stronger Big Hugs to you

You have already survived many things, so you know it is possible. I will pray that a someone bearing a light will be in his life, so he can turn to go the right way.

OMG, why? what happens?, why is he going to be incarcerated? I will pray for you and your son.

Sorry to hear of your troubles. However if your son committed a crime that got him 5 years jail time then I hope this will give him enough time to change his ways.

I don't know the circumstances behind your post, but when I started reading it, it sounded like pure poetry. Sending you best wishes.

I am so sorry u & your children are going through this. I admire u for your strengt. I don't believe i'd be as strong as u. I have said a prayer for u & your children. Good lucki to all of u. God bless.

I am with you my friend. My son has really put me through the wringer but I love him so much. I have had to see him face his fate but now he is really trying to do better with himself. It has helped him more than not. It broke my heart every visit I made and I would cry myself to sleep some nights with my worry for him. He is doing well now though and trying to get back on his feet. It's not easy and we all have an inner child. Take care.

I never knew we could hurt so for our children. It's a pain so deep there are no words to describe it. But we can't make decisions for them. I hope that whaterver happens, he will learn from making a poor choice and be able to correct himself so he doesn't get in a situation like this again once he is out!

I have walked the same path as you with my son....the most wonderful thing that happened though is that it taught him a lesson...and in jail he found God again...and since then he has turned his whole life around....and I know how you feel....because there were days I wondered if I could go on.....you have my prayers for all of you.....yes..including you!

hi elusivebutterfly I feel your pain and wish to God I could say or do something that would help in any way. I cannot say I know just what you are going through because you and I know I do not but I can well imagine. Ihave a son who is fifty and out of work, and I worry about him even now.His eyes showed the pain of being out of work so long, it does something to a man. But in your sons case this is so hard for you both. Is there any chance of his getting out sooner than five years, like for good behavior? I know this its best to look at this one day at a time,else its horrific to think of such a hunk of time.I also believe in God and I will pray for you both, to guide you and protect your children,to keep your son in prison strong I will also pray for your children too. Maybe with all our mylotters praying we might help quite a bit, maybe make some good happen out of all this. hang in there, we are all rooting for you elusive butterfly. hugs from hatley.

I hope he survives the experience and comes out of it a better and stronger person. That must be an awful thing for a parent to see...

I will pray for you and your son ElusiveButterfly and I am so sorry that this has happened to your lives. You will both need strength and courage to get through this and you will. Your son is obviously feeling anxious and afraid and although he has done wrong and now he has to pay the price, my heart goes out to him and to you as his mother. I will pray for you and I hope that your family will get through this in the best way possible. I in awe of your strength. Take care and keep us posted.

As a mother I will pray for you earnestly. I can only imagine the pain and the anxiety you are experiencing. God sees and knows and I can assure you that you will be with you once you excercise faith. It is very hard now but nothing can take the place of prayer. There is hope for him and please pass this message to him. He still has choices to make and one of them accepting Christ as Lord and Savior. The acceptance will give him the enablement to forgive himself and focus on a better himself. As a result his new behaviour this will help to lessen his time there. It will help him to see where he has done wrong and this will not held against him for life. God forgives and heals the broken-heart. I noted that you said that the child in him aches to be held and comforted. Try to hug him will be a challenge at first but this type of engagement is a medicine. This action will bring about an instant union to take place. Within this embrace both of you will cry and this is the time you can pray for him and he can pray for you too. I can recall my son became troublesome and I hugged him and prayed and changes took place. When I do not hug him he ask where is my hug? This is special time for you but as I said before I am praying for you and the children. Use this opportunity to all meet and prayer and point out consequencies of action to them because of choices made. Keep your faith. If you have never asked the Lord into you life this is time to do it. He give you the peace and strength to overcome each step of the way.