No Parent Should Ever Have To

No Parent Should Ever Have To

I had to do something today that no parent should ever have to do. I had to admit my child into a psych ward. There is no way I can describe to you what it feels like to take him there and have to walk away, leaving him all alone without even his phone or ID. When you have an adult child with mental illness you have to wait until they cry out for help. The saddest part was that he didn’t do this to himself. There was no drug abuse, or any crime committed, he simply was born into a broken world this way. He always loved the name Justice, and sad to say there wasn’t any in life for him. I can’t even call or text him and I am only allowed 1 hour a day to come and visit. Now I know that this is what’s best for him but a mother’s heart bleeds at leaving” her baby” all...