A letter to my son. David.
David, As I write this I am faced with the reality that you are being moved further from our home. From your family. I wish that things could be different. David, you have a multifaceted mental illness. As a result of this, we do not feel that it is safe for you to live at home. It isn’t that we don’t love you or want you. We need for you to be safe from harm. We need for others to be safe from harm. It has been difficult to make the decisions to place you in residential psychiatric care. We took you in. We adopted you into our home and our hearts. I could never be prouder than I am of you, and all that you have accomplished in your short life. I wish that I could undo the life you had before you were born. Undo the hardships that