Parents "know".. especially Mothers

[blueamy66]

31. I haven't read any of the responses....felt I needed to chime in right away

My bro and I were adopted and much loved.

He had his demons and died in his sleep at the age of 35....due to heart failure and cirrhosis. His 16 yr old daughter found him in his bed. He left 3 kids, a wife, my Dad and me, his sister. None of us were ever the same.

My Mom KNEW. But she died from cancer 2 yrs. earlier. But she knew he needed help....and with our middle class income and insurance and community help she tried her best.

I still think to this day, if she would have lived, my bro would still be alive today. I remember the day she marched to the police dept and dropped off his pot and bong on the counter and told them to keep it. Brave lady.

I am of the thought that people see "what they want to see". I don't know the circumstances, but believe that this Mother dropped the ball.

My bro was as normal as they came. I still can smell his boy hair and see his impish blue eyed grin and still see it in his namesake. But once he hit his teenage years, something changed, drastically.

Don't know what I'm trying to say....miss my bro and wish something would have helped. Maybe some tough love.