Thanks so much PleaseHelp! I wish you had a parent/grandparent stand up for you too. I wish everyone did, I think a lot of us would be in a heck of a better situation if we all did.

Thank you for the birthday wish, I will be sure to pass it along to grandson. My friend was able to visit him for a little bit today. She said he was in really good spirits (of course he has a one night pass to go home today!). She said he came running up to her and gave her a huge hug and kiss hello. He's so affectionate and loving and it's so hard to imagine him loosing it as he does when he's so loving and compassionate most of the time. I pray to God that his loving and compassionate side can win out over his uncontrollable anger and rage.

Oh, he told my friend today that he talked with me about his uncle's passing last night. She asked him if he understood things better and was feeling better about it all and he said he did and was feeling better. That brought tears to my eyes, especially to think that he'd been holding all this in for 2 years now. I give him a lot of credit for bring it up and talking about it with me. I'm sure he was nervous and scared to do that. I'm just so proud of him!