MartyT Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Orange County Register reporter Sam Miller writes, I thought some of the grieving people you know in cyberspace might be interested in this story about the difficulties teens and adolescents go through when a parent dies:Wednesday, May 14, 2008When dad dies, teen nearly followsAfter Gary Tannehill died, his oldest daughter sunk into chaos. A community rose up to support her.By SAM MILLERThe Orange County RegisterSondra Tannehill was 16 and drunk. The girl who was driving her has been drinking, too. They were both dressed up for a screening of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," wearing pink wigs and, she says, "dressed like prostitutes to the nth degree."They were lost in downtown Long Beach. They were being followed by a carful of strange men. They nearly got in a fight with eight girls in a 7/11 parking lot. And instead of thinking something like "I need to make some changes in my life, pronto," she was thinking "Ohmygod, this is so much fun!" It was four years after her dad died."A lot of people say they hit bottom" she says now. "I am a bottomless pit. Bottom for me would be death. I was very close."When a young girl's parent dies, the uneasy drama of adolescence can become utter chaos. It did, anyway, for Sondra.Read on . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariahC Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Thanks for posting this Marty. I really enjoyed reading it. I thought that it was an extrememly inspiring story with a positive outcome and will no doubt be very useful to the members of this board (and the whole forum too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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