Glad,
I'm so sorry that I missed this post when it was posted. I know how it can tear at your heart when your children reject you. My son refused to communicate with me several months ago.
He is constantly getting his finances in a mess, and this time I refused to fix them for him. I told him if he couldn't make ends meet then he would have to get a second job. So he accused me of not caring about my grandsons. I would not allow him to use the children as leverage to control me, so he told me never to contact him again.
I wondered if he would call me on Mother's Day. He did. It's tough to sit back and let them work things out on their own, but sometimes it is the best thing that we can do for them..
I have to remind myself that if God brings me to it, He will help me through it.
The prayer of Serenity has helped me a lot. The toughest part for me is having the wisdom to know which things I cannot control. I finally got wise enough to know that I cannot control other people, I can only control how I react to what other people do.
I hope everything goes well for your sister. |