It looks as if intervention #3 is going to be taking place shortly.  Mike has talked to his mom and she said he basically is trying to get her to beg him to come home AND allow him to do what he wants.  Which she is being very strong and is not going to allow that to happen.  She said he called her yesterday to ask for her to call him in sick to school so that he could work on a paper.  She asked him if his girlfriend was staying home too and he said yes so his mom told him no way he was to go to school.  Well, low and behold SOMEONE called him in at school today because he is marked as absent.  My husband and Mike's mom are furious!  Either his girlfriend called him in or the grandparents did AFTER Mike's mom told him he HAD to go to school.  And if the grandparents did it they have NO authority to do so.  It is incredibly hard for the 3 of us parents to do the right thing for our son when we have to work against these crazy people who are encouraging everything on Mike's side.  I know Mike is not mature enough to see it but for crying out loud.......he comes from good people and why on earth is he picking to be with people who from my point of view are plain nuts???  My sister graduated with the Chief of Police over the town the Mike lives in and she has told us to say the word and she will call him to step in and help us.  We just do not know what to do.  Sure, we can have the police go over and pull him out of the grandparents house but he is just going to go back.  And I am sure the grandparents will welcome him back with open arms despite what we are saying or the police are saying.  They obviously didn't do too well in raising their children if they have a daughter who chose a man over her own child and then had to raise their grandchild because of that.  And now their daughter is back living at home at 30 something years of age!  Everyone keeps telling us that Mike will come around and to let him learn his lesson.  Logically we know that is what he needs to do.  But we are so afraid that he is going to make mistakes that are going to effect the rest of his life. That is what we want to save him from.  We want him to see the world of opportunity he has right now laying at his feet if he would just pick it up.  Instead he wants to walk backwards and make everything way harder on himself.  It is so hard to watch your child fail.  You spend your whole life investing in and helping them to succeed.  This is one of the most hardest and most painful things I have ever had to do.  And what hurts the most is he does not want our influence at all.  He wants the influence of some wacky people just because they will let him do what he wants to do. 

I am too frustrated to write anymore.  I do want to ask for prayers for Jaxon and his momma.  It sounds like they all had a rough night.  Please pray for them and ask 5 others to do the same.  The power of prayer works!

Have a great day!