Asking for help

Yesterday afternoon, I got a call from a mother in distress.  The woman was a stranger to me, a single mom struggling through tough times with a troubled teenaged son.  My younger son went through his own tough time at age sixteen.  I knew right away how things were for her -- the helplessness, the worry, the anger, the isolation, the sleepless nights.  Of course, it always helps to talk with a person who's already lived through what you're enduring in the moment.  And so, I was glad someone ...