It's been an interesting month. After not hearing from Lynn for almost a week, we opted to report her missing once again and she was located via Trooper and brought in to the station. I retrieved her and we headed home. Beyond all logic, I then allowed her to spend the Thanksgiving Holiday with that same "friend" with whom she was hiding out (after spending a good amount of time chatting with the girl's mom who admitted she had been "buffaloed" by Lynn's story that her parents were out of the country and had locked her out of the house). The weekend, out of state, was bumpy on her end and nice and quiet on ours; and then the return home was also complicated and rocky but in the end she was back in her bed on that Saturday for the first time in over a week.
The school week has been tense, and as remarked on by one of the team members, I really am constantly "walking a fine line." I allowed her to go to a friend's house on Monday after school -against my better judgment but knowing I need to give her some breathing room. Tuesday she asked to stay after to participate in Chamber Singers and after 3-4 adults worked to make that happen she skipped and lied about skipping. Wednesday, after a call from school saying she had been suspended for cyber bullying - she agreed to go to group with one of her new friends. Showed up late for pick up with her new "posse" telling me all about the group, and yes, she lied about going. So today I am crossing the line on the other side and pulling back the plan for her to try Unified again today (fully expecting that she would skip that as well) and told her she needed to take the bus home. Do I expect her to follow through? Nah, not really. She will likely gazelle.
I've pushed the team to schedule LIT. We desperately need a back-up plan.
