My Girl

Well, I have a daughter already!!!!!

We never did get in touch with the social workers. We found our daughter all by ourselves. A neighbor's friend ran away and/or got kicked out of her house. She says she was kicked out, her mother and step father say she ran away. Either way, she was homeless. We talked with her, and decided to unofficially adopt her. She's 17, a little older than my husband had expected, but exactly what I wanted. She has issues, but what 17-year-old doesn't? She is old enough that she can decide if she wants to go back home or not. Her mom can't force her to go back home. She decided she would rather stay with us. The pool table in the basement probably helped.

We're fighting to get her into high school. Not that she doesn't want to go, but apparently her mother has to sign papers to enroll her in the local high school and she doesn't seem anxious to help. Her mother won't even let her go home and get any of her clothes. Even if we are able to get her enrolled, I don't know what grade she will be in. She should be a senior, but she didn't do very well in school last year so I don't know if she has enough credits to graduate or not. It looks like if she takes all the necessary classes, takes a night class, and goes to summer school next summer, she might be able to graduate at the end of summer. Either that or she could just be a junior again and be able to take some elective courses that she would enjoy instead of a bunch of boring math and English classes.

I would rather have her take an extra year and enjoy herself instead of having all the stress and pressure of trying to fit everything into one year. Partly just so she would enjoy going to school instead of hating every minute of it, and partly just so I know she won't be leaving home so soon. She doesn't want to go to college. She has different plans for her future. Her goal is to be a tattoo artist and body piercing technician. My husband isn't very impressed with this career choice.