One of Mine

Picture yourself as parents of troubled kids. You're watching the late news in bed. Your kids are going out to hang out with their friends somewhere. The news person says, we are reporting an incident involving some teenage kids in a car accident. Alcohol may be involved. We won't release any names until the parents have been contacted. It didn't have to be alcohol, it could have been drugs, a break-in...whatever. You look at each other, without saying a word, you're both thinking, I hope it's not one of mine. This is a story about some of those kids. It's also a story of hope. Hope that your problem children will somehow pull out of it. Don't Give up on them! My parents Miriam Elizabeth Remington and John William Mitchell never did.