I have listened to you for 3 years now and have learned a lot. I want to thank you for being that voice in my ear when it came to our decision to do tough love with our daughter. She was a drug addict for many years. We kicked her out; she had a child; she went to prison and we stood our ground. Those were the toughest years for my husband and I. We have been married for 33 years, but those years we really struggled! During the days I was having a tough time with the decisions we had made toward her, I would listen to your show and there would be a call from someone that your response was right on target for me! I knew we were doing right, even though doing right was very hard for us as a family. We kept our "united family boundary line" and didn't budge! Underneath we would shed tears, but as our oldest said to me once, "Don't let her see a crack in your Teflon!" I laughed and we still keep that phrase between us! Ha.
I am happy to say, that our daughter has been clean for 1 year, and we are beginning the healing process in our family. She is in a program under the courts called, "drug court" and will be under them for 3-5 years. And she is doing well!
Please keep encouraging parents to be strong and do what is right!!! Being strong and having a united family boundary with our daughter saved her life! Thank you again for your preaching, teaching, and nagging it has helped our family to be better people! So I know it helps others!
Barbara
