The Struggle to Be Strong by Al Desetta

Author:Al Desetta
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781631984624
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
Published: 2020-06-20T00:00:00+00:00

My mother called me around seven o’clock that same night. Lisa, one of the staff workers, asked me if I wanted to speak to her. I took the phone and told my mother that we needed to talk things out. My mother agreed, and she sounded very good. She wanted me to come to the house after school.

I went to see my mother the next day. I wanted to talk to her about our problems. I’d realized as I got older that I was at fault for some of them. I never listened to anybody, and I wanted things to be done my way. I knew I had to stop feeling sorry for myself for ending up in a detention center. I wanted to tell my mother how sorry I was that I didn’t listen to her and that I was disrespectful to her. I wanted to tell her how I felt about her as a mother, how I wanted to start a new relationship as mother and son.

She was cooking dinner for my two sisters when I walked in the kitchen. My mother asked me how I was doing in school and in my group home. I was nervous to be under the same roof with her, because this was the first time in two years that I was able to come home to visit. I didn’t want the same thing to happen as happened last time, when the cops had to remove me from my house. I went into my big sister’s room to talk with her until my mother was finished cooking.

My mother called me from my sister’s room to have dinner and talk with her alone at the table. She told me how sorry she was for coming to court and seeing me end up in a detention center. She said she’d been hurt by the way I treated her that night. I told my mother that I forgave her and that I wanted to start a new relationship with her and just move on.

I could see tears running down her cheeks when she told me I was the only son God gave her and she loved me tremendously. I stood up to hug my mother because I knew she really meant every word she said.

My relationship with my mother is much better now. We’re able to communicate better, and we get along well. I can go to the house any time I want and eat. I can go home on weekend passes, and I spend all the major holidays with her.

The reason our relationship has changed is that we both realize everybody makes mistakes and deserves a second chance. I had to accept that I couldn’t just blame my mother for what she did. If I had listened to her when she told me to come home early, she would never have gotten so worried and angry.

I’m glad my relationship with my mother has improved, but we still have problems. I’m able to deal with them better and talk about them without holding any negative feelings inside.

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