You Guys Are Great!

I just wanted to thank everyone for reading the very looooong story of Yute, and for all the supportive comments made.

There is so much anger and sadness and guilt entwined in this story. You think if only you had done something differently, then maybe it wouldn't have turned out this way. It is also a difficult thing to walk away from a child you love, knowing he may hate you forever, because he doesn't know he shouldn't. You second guess every decision.

It was very healing to me to write it all down, and more helpful than you know to find that people out there don't think us horrible failures (which we can't help but feel ourselves sometimes...despite our "success" with Orin and Melvin).

So, thanks for all of your kind words and encouragement. And as many of you expressed, I still sincerely hope, despite everything, that this is not the end of the story, and some day it will have a happy ending. In the mean time, I am grateful to have blog friends to lean on. You guys are great!