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Updated 16 June, 2003

Today has been a good day. This has been a good week. I went to my probation officer yesterday and everything went ok. I told him I was gonna be staying with my sister in Virginia for a few weeks. Soon I wont have to see him every month. Yeah! All this over a DUI. I know what I did was wrong. I regret I did it. But supervised probation? Give me a break here. I lost my license and can't drive now. I am not a criminal. Anyways I only have to go one more time before court. I already paid my fines off. I went to DUI school. Everything is set. I should be good to go.

I have some bad news too, but I think it will all work out in the end. I have a chance to help someone and I hope it makes a difference in his life. Where best to start helping people then your own family. My nephew and a couple of friends broke into and robbed his grandfather. They took his wallet. I few other things such as old money. But they also took his dead uncles things. First let me tell you about my nephew. His name is Nethaniel. He is 17 and in the 12th grade of high school. He came to stay with me a few summers ago when my wife died. He worked hard and made some good money. About $1,200 over about 2 and a half months. Not bad for a 15 year old. It was an honest living. He is staying in town a lot now with his girlfriend. Since he started staying in town he started changing. I could tell right off the bat what was going on. I saw it too often when I was living in knoxville. Anyway...Back to the story. He and 2 friends robbed his grandparents. I called him up and told him what kind of trouble he was in and I told him I wanted to help him out. He knows a little about the mess I burried myself in. I told him I knew what was going on. After a little while he broke down and was crying and he told me everything. He is hooked on drugs and had been for some time. Tomorrow his mom and I are gonna go and put him in rehab. Get the cops involved and get the stuff back and have the other 2 boys picked up. Nethaniel was begging for help and I swore I was gonna help him get out of this mess and he had to go to rehab first. He agreed. I think he has finally hit rock bottom. Good. Now it's time to get better. He said he couldn't live with his family hating him. He also ask his mother to tell his father he was sorry. They both cried on the phone. It was nat who made the big move by admitting he has a problem. If he goes to rehab I will be so proud of him. I told him when he gets out, if he wants, he can come live with me for a while in Nashville. He need a change and also to get away from his friends. I dont know if I am ready to take on raising a kid but he isn't really a kid anymore. It does make me feel good that I might actually helped him change his life. My life wasn't a total waste. I made a differance. I have my fingers crossed. Please let this work and he comes clean.

26 Nov 2002

I get to help my nephew get a SECOND CHANCE

This is my nephew Nat. He is NOT gonna make the same mistake I did. I am gonna see he gets his life back on track.

Nat

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5 Dec 2002

Udate on Nat... Friday he is going to spend the weekend in detention. He is now in a rehab program. He should be ok. Dean says he thinks the judge will take it easy on him since he came clean and fessed up to the crime. I am keeping a close eye on him. I can't let him come stay with me in Nashville if I feel I can't trust him. Drugs and stealing go hand and hand. Looks like I might be going back to Nashville this weekend. I'm worried. But I have to go.

I have to come up with a new system to do this page. I don't make daily entries... but i am gonna run out of space.... I think I need to do a weekly page... just one entry... maybe on fridays... and save only the week prior. Any sugestions?

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7 Dec 2002

Today is friday. I got what I needed to return back to nashville. My clothes are packed and ready. I cant wait. I liked staying with my sister but my other nephew makes it unbarable. I don't know what went wrong with him but I aint EVEN gonna try to fix it. He is almost 17...graduated...and thats it. Wont work. Cusses his mom. Very abusive to his girlfriend. Lazy...I thought I was lazy. His mother can' get him to do a darn thing. He has so much growing up to do. But he wont as long as his mom and dad thinks there is nothing wrong. Where do I see him in 10 years. In jail for beating his wife. Unemployed. Unable to fit into socioty because he wasn't corrected for being a jerk now. I aint worried about it. He made me feel so unwelcome I can't stand it.. Maybe I am wasting my time with Him and nat both. Nat has a lot of growing up to do also. I aint gonna worry about it. I need to get my life back and let happens happen. I just want a place of my own again. This is the last entry till I get set up and I buy a computer. Wish me luck whoever reads this.

Well I am now in Nashville. Worried about what lies ahead but I have no choice. This weekend Kay and Curtis dropped me off in Knoxville and we ended up getting a room. We went out that night and I saw a couple of old friends. Said hey to Joey. he is still the same. I worry about him and the life he is living. Also I ran into John (candle stick). He was the same ol John. We agreed on something too. Knoxville has changed over the past couple years. We are getting so old. If your reading this john Happy 30th comming up in a couple months. He is gonna like that. Still has everyone thinking he is 24...LOL I got a lot to get do so I better go.

10 Dec 2002

Its Tuesday...Yeah. Buffy nite. Anyway still looking for a job. Got the resume stuff done and a few interviews comming up. I have an apartment now. Lights are on. Gas is on. Cable is hooked up and in a couple days I will have access to a computer anytime. So it's slowly looking better. Went to see my probation officer yesterday. i had to take a bus from Nashville to Knoxville. Walk to his office. Walk back to the bustation and came back here. Whew. Thank got it'sd over with. I'll add more soon.

17 Dec 2002

It's been (LOL) 6 Months since I updated this page. SORRY!!!! Here is a quick update...I got a job at White Castel and quit. I now work at Mrs Winners on Charlotte Pike. Nat went to Jail for 30 days and rest of the year he is on probation. Steve is moving back to Bristol to marry some old lady. I am looking for a new Apt. My neighbors were evicted. I still talk to James and Aiden (his son). More coming soon.....

16 June, 2003