My Family Doesn’t Want My Son at Christmas

Navigating the holidays with a son with a major mental illness

Here are the shoes he was wearing when released from jail at 10pm without money or transportation in a city miles from his home.

My son just got out of jail. He was in there nine months on a minor vandalism charge, which is cruel and unjust, I know. But the fact is, he got his head on straight in there. He started taking appropriate medication. He stopped being psychotic. When he was released, he was and still is…