Mom and son finally meet: Part 7 of a little family history. (Photo eaasy)

On May 17 Joe was getting ready for work, when his phone rang. It was his nephew, he was ready to talk to his mom and meet her and his little brother. Joe told him he would call and give her his number or if he wanted he would give him her number and he could call her. He said just give her my number and have her call me, if she wants too.

Joe called his sister, but she was out shopping. Joe thought about it for a few, then called into work and took the night off. We talked and thought it might be better of we talked to her and her youngest face to face. So we packed up the boys and headed over to her house.

She pulled in about two minutes after we got there. Her and I had planned for a few days to go to Best Buy to return a camera she bought and I thought was junk and find her a better one. So she figured that is why I was there. Boy was she surprised when she walked in knowing Joe had to work that night and he was standing next to me.

He told her to put her things down, and for her and her son to get upstairs so we could have a private talk. Our 20 y/o neice lives with her and we didnt want to talk about things in front of her, at this point in time.

I left the boys with our neice and we all headed up stairs to her room to talk. Joe told her she needed to sit down to hear this and he would not say a word to her, until she was sitting down. He let her know her son wanted to talk to her, was ready to meet her, and that his grandma had booted him out that afternoon.

She thought she was ready for the last month, since his first call to Joe, but when it come down to it she was not so sure she was. Joe filled them in on everything that was going on with him and what we had talked about and thought might be best, but it was upto all of them to figure it out in the end.

Finally come time to call him. She asked Joe to call him and talk to him for a minute first, then she would take the phone. So that is what Joe did. She had about a hour chat on the phone with him. He talked to his youngest brother for a few as well.

Joe and I had come up with a plan on our way over to her house. They could meet that night, he would stay with us, The next afternoon they would all be over for a planned cookout, if everything went good, he would go to her house the next night. Him and one of his friends were waitting for an apartment, that would not be ready for another two weeks and he didnt know where else to go.

She talked to him about Joe and my plan and they all agreed that it would be best that way. We made plans on when to meet at our house and now it was time to fill in our neice on what was going on.

She was not very happy because she was told she was not allowed to go the first night, but she would be going the next day to the cookout. She didnt like that idea, but she didnt have a choice in the matter.

We all got to our house within minutes of one another. Joe and I stopped to feed the boys on the way home and got home just in time for his siter to show up and then his nephew a minute or two later.

I was not allowed to pull out my camera at first, but later in the night I was finally able too. This is my favortie picture out of the 50 or so I ended up getting that night. You can see the relief in my sister in laws face. All the years of waitting finally gone.

My sister in law with her two sons. FINALLY!

Four out of five of the grandsons together for the first time. Watching the four of them play around was bitter sweet and a great joy to finally see.

There was ALOT of question from both of them. They shared alot and got to know one another. Then after awhile it become nothing but horseplaying. I was starting to wonder if I was in a house or a zoo. *LOL* If you looked at the pictures I have been posting you would know what I mean.

The night went great, my sister in law finally left about 1:30am and we went to be about 2am. My sister in law, neice, and nephew all come over the next afternoon for the cookout and we had some more horseplaying going on and it was great!

After we ate, we all sat around chatting, and some more horseplaying went on. A little Xbox 360 was played and they left about 7:30 that evening.

Hes been staying with his mom since then and things have been going pretty good with him, his mom, and his youngest brother.

The reason I have not been online much lately is because our neice who lives with them has been causing some issues and its gotten to be a little much for my sister in law to handle alone. So I have been giving her a hand.

Our neice had ADHA, shes bi-polar, and a few other problems im not really sure what all. One day she ended up at the hospital and I had to go get her and they think she might have a boarderline personality. Shes got to be center of attention at all times, or else she makes everyone around lifes a living hell.

Shes been in state placement for years now and has a worker that shes got to report to every so often, as does my sister in law. I was asked to sit in on a meeting one day, then in on a phone meeting. Shes not taking her meds and her worker thinks it might be best for her to live some where else for awhile.

This has been hard on my sister in law, because she feels like she will be giving up on her, if she lets her go or that her son will think its his fault. So I have been busy helpping deal with this, talk to our neice and try to get her to make some changes, but you cant change someone like her very easy and it takes alot of time too.

Im going to try to find a little more time to get onto Gather, but if im not you all know why and where I am. Thank you all for all the great support and for taking the time to read my story. God bless you all.

If you have missed the first 6 part, please take a look at them, when you get a chance too. Thanks!