We had a pretty rough call with Katie and 'B' last night. Diane wrote up a really good set of numbers that he printed out, one per page, and gave to her as we talked. These were:
720 - Number of days she has been in the program
338 - Numbe of days since we have seen her
125,000 - approximate amount of money we have borrowed to pay for her tuition
1,300 - approximate monthly loan payments - which will be going up
30 - number of years we will be paying for these loans
73 - how old I will be when these are paid off. Retirement - yeah right!
294 - number of days until she is 18 and on her own
'B' added one more:
438,000 - number of minutes I've had to work to pay for her so far.
There wasn't much discussion. We wanted her to think on it first. She was out of orange, but only half the group supported her being out.
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This is our online journal of getting back to a healthy family. In September of 2005, we enrolled my daughter Katie in a specialty boarding school for troubled teens. It was one of the most difficult decisions we have ever had to make. As part of that I attempted to find information - and all I got was marketing. So we decided to start this to help other parents - a way to share what we have gone through, and are going through.
We hope to keep this updated at least weekly - but possibly daily as things happen that affect Katie and the rest of the family.
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