On Thursday, June 6, 2024, my stepson had an award ceremony at school. We were very curious as to what type of awards he was going to get based on what we kept hearing from certain teachers about his grades and behavior in class.
My husband did not go. He prayed on it and thought it was best to not go to the ceremony.
However, my mother-in-law did end up going to see her grandson. So, this blog is based on her personal experience and what it felt like to see her grandson and how disheartening it was.
When my mother-in-law went, she waved to her son’s ex-wife beforehand. No response from her seeing the grandma.
The interesting thing was my stepson won 3 awards:
One for Social Studies
One for Spelling Team
And One for…the Presidential Award for Educational Achievement…
Yes, you heard me right on the last one I just listed. To start, Spelling Team was the Spelling Club my husband’s ex-wife put her son in to then claim going to the Intensive Outpatient Program would be a distraction from him participating. As for Social Studies, it was one of the few classes he was doing decent in.
But the last one…we are all questioning how that’s even possible. A Presidential Award? What has he really achieved because some of his grades kept dropping and teachers kept reaching out that he wasn’t doing well, even with his behavior.
After the ceremony, my mother-in-law did try to talk to her grandson, but unfortunately that did not go over well. He was with a friend and even with this friend right in front of him as well as other witnesses, he was not friendly in any way. He kept waving his hand towards his grandma as if he was pushing her away and saying, “GO…GO…GO…”.
I understand there was more said but you could tell my mother-in-law was so hurt by how her own grandson, who once loved her treated her. I plan to speak to her more in my Podcast Series. With how he still is mentally, we were wondering how his Promotion was going to go.
On Thursday, June 13, 2024, my stepson had his Promotion. He was graduating from the Center School in town and moving up to High School. I did not go to this so again; I’m sharing what my husband’s family experienced.
The night before, I feel so off that something wasn’t right. That morning before going off to work, I still felt very off. If it wasn’t for my mother-in-law going to my stepson’s Award Ceremony, none of them would have recognized him. He looked so different. I mean I guess that’s what can happen if you don’t see someone in over a year and they are also a teen in which they are growing. From the pictures I saw, he looked so much like his own mother and also just looked miserable, sad, and angry on stage.
My husband and his parents sat amongst the crowd and took a few pictures. But no one talked to him. No one went up to him. Even after the Promotion, my husband went out the side door of the school so he wouldn’t run into his own son to cause any issues. The grandparents didn’t try to find their grandson afterwards either and just went home.
But for the fact that things were quiet and there was no drama really concerned me. It just didn’t seem right.
I just had a feeling inside that there was more to it and that something was going to happen.
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