barely holding on - 3

[u-turn]

Went out to dinner with S16 tonight and had a good talk about some things that are going on at home. He is aware of much more than I thought. I don't think the A, but he knows that his mom is not being herself anymore (very angry, not around much, distracted when she is home). He is mad that the kids and I am being blamed for this by her and knows that it is not any of our fault (he actually told me that he thinks that she is just using it as an easy excuse to cover for her behavior).

He has a great attitude about it and likes the good days and lets the bad days "roll off of him" as he put it. He does get angry about it sometimes though. I should learn from him. I made sure he knew that he can always come to me for anything. But I also let him know that he shouldn't pick sides either. I let him know that I was doing better that when I was wrecked - and he knew this too.