Last Saturday we went to Sheridan to visit with Linda and her kids. Linda is now living in Greeley CO and she drove up with her two daughters Alyssa and Randee so that she could visit with her son Andrew before he moves to California.
About three years ago Linda lost custody of Andrew to his father.This was the first time she has seen him in three years. Linda went through a very rough patch, but now she is in treatment and counseling and is doing well. We haven't seen nor heard from her in about five years, so at Christmas she started texting her Dad and we have been in touch ever since.
It was good to see her, and we are extremely pleased that our Linda is back. She has a long way to go, but she is getting there. Alyssa and Andrew have grown up so much. Alyssa is now 13, Andrew is 9 and Randee is 3.
We met Linda at their hotel and she had Andrew's other sisters with her. His dad let him spend the night with Linda and apparently the deal was that she had to take his two sisters also. She was not allowed to take Andrew out of Sheridan County so they couldn't come up to Hardin or Lodge Grass to visit, but Sheridan is not that far away that we and Linda's mom were able to see them in Sheridan.
Linda had 5 kids total. She said that she would do anything to have quality time with her son and she wasn't going to do anything to jeopardize the trust that she is building with him. She also said that with the two other girls they figured she wouldn't get the urge to just to take off. The kids went swimming in the hotel pool and hot tub so I was able to get alot of photos.
We visited for a couple hours and had a good time. Randee has hearing problems so she talks in sign language, now we have to learn how to sign. Linda taught us a few words, but not enough to talk to her. We left before Linda's mom got there, that probably would have been too much for Linda.
Linda's mom still blames Andrew's dad for taking Andrew away and there are some hard feelings there. Linda said she knows she made mistakes and now has to live with the consequences of her choices. She also said that Andrew is doing fine with his dad and she is happy because the lines of communication are opening. They are talking about making arrangements so that she can visit with Andrew more.
Linda's husband was not able to make the trip, he owns his own heating and plumbing company and with winter has been pretty busy.
I got my photos posted on Picasa and facebook.
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