Out of State Helping

I am blessed to be sharing some of our positive stories with all of you. I would like to thank this family for allowing me to blog. As summer comes to a end, and the leaves begin to change color, I find myself seeing new families outside of our state. This particular family, I want to personally thank for being flexible, and waiting until I could start services. The mother just got out of treatment, and the son was going into treatment. We did our intervention, a positive but emotional experience for all. Mom was struggling with enormous cravings post-treatment. Dad was doing all he could do to keep the family under a safe umbrella. The son, began to talk, and it was evident that he was in denial, (he later came clean with this on our private 1:1) but wanted to speak his mind. There was tension. They lived by the river, and we could all feel the breeze coming through the windows as the room got louder, and louder. I decided it was time to modify the intervention. I stood up in the kitchen and very softly asked everyone to follow me, no talking, no questions, just please follow me. I heard some f-bombs behind me, but soon, it was quiet. Now, mind you, I am not privy to the layout of this beautiful home, but I navigated on my own higher power to the deck, down to where we could see the water. I then turned around and looked at the family. They were sweating, but seemed more relaxed. We all sat down, and started again. This time, I could feel there was a breeze of respect lingering in the air. Everyone remained calm, and got a chance to talk. We then walked up the hill to the deck and back to kitchen. The son, got everyone something to drink, and we started to form a plan. Mom was going to see this writer, son was going to see this writer, and we began to plan out our schedule as I do with every client and family. I started to walk out, and say goodbye to each as the Dad walked me to my car. He gave me a firm hand shake, and thanked me for my time. I was no more then 2 miles down the road, and Mom called. Then the son texted me, and I knew the healing would begin for this family. Stay in your health, stay in the moment.