AKA…Holy Shit

My youngest was NOT a good person. But he hooked up with…and married…a person just like him. They fed off each others’ worst points. All of the children he had with his first wife were taken away for various reasons. His daughters were adopted by a good family and, as they reached adulthood, reached out to their birth parents. To say that wasn’t the best idea is putting it mildly. The oldest tried to keep in touch with her birth mother, but that usually amounted to bailing her out of jail. Fair relationship with her birth father…enough that he was occasionally, cautiously, accepted as a visitor in their adoptive home.
Last year he died. That was hard. Yesterday I received word that their birth mother has been sentenced to 45 years in FEDERAL prison, with 15 of those suspended. Since 1987, federal prison sentences do NOT have a parole system. She was convicted of transporting drugs across state lines. She’ll have to do the whole 30. She’s in her (early) 50’s.
I just can’t feel even the least bit of compassion for her. Between the 2 of them, they caused so much damage to so many lives.