Identify

Todays' story is about a new societal problem that has arisen in the last 20 years... the hatred of parents and family, in general.

There once was a marriage that took place between a man and a woman. Things seemed alright at the beginning except for one little problem the son had with his wife- to- be. The sons' father was a very abusive individual and the daughter- in- law to be liked the father- in- law to be. This was of great concern to the son. At that time, the son and the mother, both being strong Christians, were very close and attended church regularly.

The father became a raging alcoholic, was arrested for drinking under the influence of alcohol, and crashing a Ford Explorer while drunken. This was, of course, the end of a 33 year marriage.

The son got married and for a short time was still communicating. 

One day, the son's mother came home from a visit to a long distance friend and found a very disturbing card in the mailbox with some rather crazy writing in it from the sons' wife. Now, she was forgiven for this as the hormones were not behaving due to, she revealed, a pregnancy. Much leeway is given to pregnant women, yes?

Time went by and no birth announcement was forthcoming so, it was assumed, things had not gone well. 

Eight and a half years passed and the Christian mother received a restraining order for a person she couldn't identify from a son she definitely couldn't identify in his behaviour.

So, it was cited that the daughter- in- law was struggling with mental illness since her own father had passed away at a much too early age. This had a profound effect on the son. One can only surmise that the mix up will be resolved as they recall that... a person simply can't be on guard for someone being in the same city they may be in if the person they are against doesn't even know what the vulnerable people look like. 

In my family, I don't have any idea what all the grandchildren look like. If asked, I would never be able to tell you who they are... we just don't keep up with each other in that way.