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- From: christin@cae.wisc.edu (Christine Haas)
- Subject: These Dreams...
- Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
- Date: 12 Jan 93 20:21:59 CST
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.202200.23519@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
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- Hi,
-
- I need some advice here - and since there have been some pretty
- bizarre topics discussed here, someone may be able to associate
- with me - or at least be able to offer some advice...
-
- About 9 years ago my brother went to prison. He committed a
- "crime of passion", he was not the kind of person you would ever
- expect to do anything like this. He had a good job, a relatively
- good life and he was (and still is) a good person. He was 18, I was
- 9.
-
- To me, he was everything. He took care of me, protected me from
- my father - who was very emotionally and pschologically abusive.
- Then one day he was gone, and I was all alone... no one to run too
- and everything to run from.
-
- Now that I am 20 I understand some things a bit more, but all I want
- in the world is to give him the chance to live again. I would do anything
- to get him out of prison - but there is nothing I can do.
-
- His lawyer promised he would have him out of prison by the time he was
- 30 (He is 29 and nothing has changed). Yeah, right. His lawyer has
- screwed him over so badly, but my brother
- is screwed either way. If he gets a new lawyer, his old lawyer will get
- pissed and take his high-connections and make sure my brother doesn't get
- out for a long, long, time; on the other hand, his lawyer isn't doing anything
- for him now either!
-
- I have these dreams - dreams that my brother is here with me - out
- of prison. I have been having them like everynight for the last month,
- and they all seem so real! I know I can't do much for him except be there
- for him when he needs me and support him, but I wish I could do more.
- Anyway, I have also been having nightmares about my father every night.
- I guess they aren't so unusual, but they are annoying. I wish they would
- go away - although they are probably there to remind me that there are still
- a lot of feelings of hate pertaining to my father that I need to deal with.
-
- Well, thanks for listening and please let me know if you have any advice
- for me. (Although I don't know what you could say...)
-
- Chris.
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