[i]I apppreciate your responses. I also appreciate your heartfelt thoughts and wishes of luck for my son in his situation.

I have posted this after long and careful thought about it. I have prayed about it. I have talked to my son about it. I still feel there may be something that he is or "had" at first kept from me. But gradually had given me the entire story.

I know he does not want to worry me. He always says for me to stop worrying in his letters. Yet, there is no one else but me and God.

I told him that if he keeps paying someone, they may believe that he is an easy way for them to get money and why should they stop? It is up to him to say no and to do something about it. I also told him that I trust him to do the right thing and that God is with him. That he is not alone and he should have faith in himself and in God.

Take a chance that if he does the right thing, good things will happen.

I told him all of this on the phone and in the letters. I sent the money because I am his mother and I am afraid for him you know? I do not want to be the one who makes that decision for him by not sending the money.

It is very hard to come up with the money when he needs it. There may a time when I am unable to come up with it at all! I told him that as well. I am not there with him and he has to make that decision hmself. He is growing up in prison. Unfortunate but real!

I am with him as best i can be through letters and phone calls and pictutres that are consistent. Also through prayer. I do my best to eep my faith as well so that I can tell him to do the same thing.

I send him Bible lessons on faith and prayer also. I just think if he hears it from someone else besides me all the time he may listen. I'm mom.

He needs to hear from someone else that he matters still. That he is not forgotten and that he should do the right thing.

I don't know. I am doing the best I can to try and continue to raise my child from outside of a prison wall.

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"Faith, Hope & Love, but the greatest of these is Love."
I Corinthians 13:13
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