Update #2…the girl….

so yesterday, i got an email from one of my daughters friends saying she knew where my daughter was, where she had been staying, and letting me know how sorry she was about everything that was happening.

later that day, the friend and another friend of brianna’s who has really become a friend of my families, came over. they said they were going to go look for my daughter. they said this, but one of the girls had on a mini skirt and it was cold out last night. it was really cold. my sister got a flat tire as she was going to work yesterday morning, so we had to go get her tires fixed. we picked up her car, and i had these two girls with me. on a whim, we went downtown where we thought my daughter might be, and we found her. we chased her down over a few blocks. the adrenaline was amazing. she ended up trying to hide in a catholic church and as many pervert priests will tell you, you can’t hide in a catholic church =P they found her, and she spent some time talking to the priest and i could hear her crying. finally, the priest brought her to me, and we talked for a bit, then she just got in the car and came home with me.

at this point, i don’t know what to say or what to do. everything everyone has told me to do sucks, it hasn’t worked. i have tried being kind and compassionate, i have tried being a hardass and neither of those things has done very well. so, i decided to shoot from the hip. to take her at her word. she says the thing she is the most afraid of is being locked up. i talked to her about how illogical it was to keep running away because she didn’t want to be sent away. i told her that i had no interest in really sending her away, what i want is for her to be safe. she said she understood that. the cop told her that he was going to recommend she be sent to a reform school in elko. when he said this, she started crying. she doesn’t want to be sent away. we both stressed to her that if she didn’t want this, it was up to her to change behavior to keep this from happening.

i woke her up this morning, she was still here, and she came to work with me. i will call her school today and see when the next session starts, and we will go from there. all i can do is do the best that i can. for now, she is home. she is safe.

i am glad.

peace.