Becca wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>
>>> Wednesday morning, I am taking my sister's granddaughter to the hair
>>> salon. She is 15, so she is getting highlights, a haircut, a
>>> manicure and a pedicure. She will be surprised, she thinks she is
>>> just getting a haircut, but my sister told me that she would love
>>> highlights and it is ok with her Mom. I am the youngest in the family
>>> and I do not have any grandchildren, so I get to spoil my sisters.
>>
>> Fun, fun! Is she about to go back to school in this spiffy condition?
>
> This will be her freshman year in high school, so she is very excited.
> She is a sweetheart and she is gorgeous. This is her birthday gift and
> I will be getting a haircut at the same time. It will be fun. We will
> go out to lunch and have girl talk.
>
> She is a good kid, the oldest with 4 younger brothers and her parents
> are divorced. Her mother was an alcoholic who stopped drinking 4 years
> ago and her father is a drug addict. When her Mom, who was living in
> Indiana, came home to visit, she told my sister that she was sober and
> wanted to move back. This is why my sister moved out of the house and
> her ex-DIL moved in (the kids were already living there). She has been
> sober for 4 years and she is like a daughter to my sister. My sister has
> 5 sons.
>
> Becca

Give us a report on Wednesday's outcome.

I am glad things are turning around for the mother--and the kids....

--
Jean B.