My Nonprofit Reviews

As a single mother raising a 16yr. old son I always feel like I'm never doing enough, or saying enough to help him become a man OMG I can't believe he's 16!!! It takes a man to raise a man, or so I've always known. A friend of mine suggested I go talk to these guys because they had helped her out with her brother - a U.S. Army Veteran who returned home pissed off at the world. First I thought, that's weird my son isn't in a Vet. I thought these guys only helped Vets. They do, but they also help those and need, and I hate admitting this but I'm in need of help, motivation, direction, a checklist, child support, a bottle of whiskey (jk) but what do I know about raising man. I did fine when he was a little guy, but so much has changed and I work all the time, so I felt like I've failed him so much. Like I said, why not. I walked into the office and the first person I see is this guy with headphones on listening to music on his computer, watching news on the television and writing an email. Ok, so this crazy guy is supposed to help me with something, I think he needs help (jk!) no but, then he welcomed me in and we started talking. Funny, I was there to talk about me son, but I ended up pouring out all my drama onto his desk, and I kept saying I'm here to talk about my kid. He reassured me we'll get to that but he kept saying if I'm not good, always worried about this or that or feel as though I'm not doing anything good or failing my son, if I'm not good with myself - how in the F-WORD do I think I can possibly do anything for anyone else. He listened for hours and kept asking me questions on what do i think I should do about these problems I was having. About half way through this convo IT dawned on me. IT meaning, I knew all the answers this ENTIRE TIME - but it took this guy in an (FILTY lol)American Flag hat to listen to me rant and rave about what I wish I could do to make things better for me and my son. he said "then why don't you?" literally kept asking me that and I didn't realize it but as I identified problems, I was also saying the solutions out loud to them as well. He just stopped me every time I did, and kept saying "DO IT!" LOL! Really CAPTIAN AMERICA its that easy? LoL! Turns out it was. I don't even write this much on Facebook. I don't know if this rant makes any sense, but after I left I felt so good about myself - starting telling all the slugs in my life I do stuff for NO! For once and say YES to myself! Hard as it is, I even tell my son NO and at first it made me cry my eyes out, but I took a little bit out of my day to do for me, and my son noticed I started liking myself again. Then he starting stepping up and helping more, we're getting closer and becoming friends again. I don't like I'm failing him or me anymore. I've had a couple more meetings with jaime and every time I do, I have something new to talk about. The very next day after seeing him for the first time, I was offered a new job! The second time, my son and I had returned from camping. Everyday something new, fun and less depressing. No one is going to read this review! I'm sure of it, but I don't care. I didn't write it for you, I wrote it for me. Thank you FIXD! You guys are GREAT!!!!! Love, D.W. ;-)