My friends and I go walking every morning.
After all of the kids leave the house for school, we walk around the neighborhood.
Our loop is three and a half miles long and it is a good amount of exercise each morning. I don’t really prefer to walk, but my friends always provide a stimulating and interesting conversation and it makes me forget that I am exercising. Monday morning, my friends we’re strangely quiet. It seemed like they were keeping a secret, but I couldn’t get anyone to tell me what was going on. Every time I mentioned my son Jack, my friends tried to change the subject. I finally decided to ask them if I was crazy. That’s when I found out that they were keeping a secret about my son. No one wanted to tell me the truth about Jack, but Amy finally broke down and shared the news. The girls were at the craft store on Saturday and they saw my son coming out of the marijuana dispensary. They were horrified and assumed I would be equally shocked. I pretended to be surprised, but I knew that my son was using recreational cannabis to help with his migraines. The kid has experienced awful migraines since he was 10 years old. The one thing that absolutely stops the pain and swelling is cannabis. My son was upfront and honest about the medical marijuana use and I’ve known for a long time. As long as he is safely using something prescribed the doctor, I’m not concerned with his use of pot.