One of my favorite movies is Parenthood. In it, Jason Robards plays the elder, father to grown children and grandfather of several. There is one scene where he says to his adult son that worrying about your kids never stops -- not even after they are grown up. In his case, he was worried because some gangsters were after his deadbeat younger son.
TB was talking to Michele today and we were dismayed to learn the extent of drug use in the community in which they live. Michele says they've been approached for prescription medicine. David takes hydrocodone for the pain he suffers from muscular dystrophy and they've been offered $5 a pill! Anyway, they'd just filled a prescription and a neighbor came over to visit. Now the medicine is gone.
It isn't just that David is out his pain medication and had to call the police and now has to get the doctor to write him another one. That is bad enough. Now we are worried about the environment they're all in -- especially the kids. I was thinking about grandson Brandon who is only 11. I wouldn't be surprised to hear he'd been approached.
You really never stop worrying about your kids. I worry about Billy. I try not to but I do. I worry about why he hasn't returned my call yet and if his roommates are going to hassle him because he needs to get up early in the morning.
One of the reasons I like Parenthood so much is because it is so full of truisms.
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