I had thought long and hard about the concerns you raise.
I decided that my # 1 mission is to warn other parents of what can happen to their child. To do this, I have to provide authentic detail of the signs of this disaster and its effects on all the family members. This requires vivid narration which readers can relate to. Here is why I…
I had thought long and hard about the concerns you raise.
I decided that my # 1 mission is to warn other parents of what can happen to their child. To do this, I have to provide authentic detail of the signs of this disaster and its effects on all the family members. This requires vivid narration which readers can relate to. Here is why I am willing to take the risk that my son and his sister could recognize themselves in these stories:
1. Ricky will come back to where he should be, but the chances are slim that it will be during our lifetimes. We are both in our mid 60s. Ricky became committed to the cult’s overtures at age 15, and has not shown any significant signs of listening to any good sense. He is very deep in it, and it will take a lot of time to bring him back. We have to pick a strategy that provides a greater good, even if it is at the expense of privacy, something that Ricky and his sister have denied us in this situation.
2. Ricky and his sister have been open in social media in their hostility towards us. I don’t think they will be heard to complain over our expressing our feelings in a similar, more discrete fashion.
3. I need to heal. My wife and two remaining children need to heal. Writing these pieces helps in the healing process.
4. If Ricky recognizes himself in the stories, so be it. The dosage of truth will do him good. It might plant a seed of self-awareness in him so he will see and appreciate who really has true charity for him. Even if he is on his lonely deathbed when it happens.
I had thought long and hard about the concerns you raise.
I decided that my # 1 mission is to warn other parents of what can happen to their child. To do this, I have to provide authentic detail of the signs of this disaster and its effects on all the family members. This requires vivid narration which readers can relate to. Here is why I am willing to take the risk that my son and his sister could recognize themselves in these stories:
1. Ricky will come back to where he should be, but the chances are slim that it will be during our lifetimes. We are both in our mid 60s. Ricky became committed to the cult’s overtures at age 15, and has not shown any significant signs of listening to any good sense. He is very deep in it, and it will take a lot of time to bring him back. We have to pick a strategy that provides a greater good, even if it is at the expense of privacy, something that Ricky and his sister have denied us in this situation.
2. Ricky and his sister have been open in social media in their hostility towards us. I don’t think they will be heard to complain over our expressing our feelings in a similar, more discrete fashion.
3. I need to heal. My wife and two remaining children need to heal. Writing these pieces helps in the healing process.
4. If Ricky recognizes himself in the stories, so be it. The dosage of truth will do him good. It might plant a seed of self-awareness in him so he will see and appreciate who really has true charity for him. Even if he is on his lonely deathbed when it happens.