Little update to the story. we had a team pumpkin carving party for the kids... Good time...had a chance to catch up with this kids "mom" the guidance counselor. SUPER nice OLD lady.
I Asked her if he was still enjoying playing, or dreading it... being that hes quite aways behind. He still struggles sometimes... normal banter vs mocking the other kids.... I told her hes doing "okay" just a few issues.... He lied to me about playing the sport for a long time "yeah he does that" yeah I probably would too.
She proceeded to tell me his whole story, and let me just say.... people suck! Its More than just "mom died, dads in jail..."
starts with "from where he started, you'd be amazed, he was like a puppy, literally, including the housebreaking - I should probably have met with you before enrolling him"
mom, drug addict now deceased, had custody. Apparently, left him alone hours on end... AND, she OD'd while he was in the house. day and a half. when he was 3.
Didn't learn to speak till he was 3 1/2... guess he would just pi$$ and $hit all over the house....
moms gone, Dad gets custody. Goes nuts. Fires handgun all over the house, knocks out some windows, then points it at himself, with son and other folks in the room. Gun jams.... Dad goes to jail. gets out, has new girlfriend from canada, who steals his money, then they start robbing houses and are on the lam I guess. she tells me, pretty sure they're going to have to raise him, Dad isnt going to show up for the hearings... their kids are in their 30's.... the reason they do, he had gone to 12 different fosters. and that's not helping anybody.....
f**k me, guys. I feel like $hit dad when I forget to feed my kids something healthy because I'M in a hurry.
IF all this kid ends up with is is a problem of playing the victim, consider him lucky.
