Brit Seeks Help, and a Mother’s Thoughts

Britney Spears entered rehab Tuesday after a bizarre weekend that included shaving her head and getting a new tattoo.
Spears’ manager, Larry Rudolph, told People magazine’s Web site that Spears, 25, had voluntarily checked herself into an undisclosed treatment facility.

I just was reading this on Yahoo! News and I have to say, this poor girl makes me sad. This young girl, just another casualty of bad lifestyle choices. It doesn’t say if it’s for drug rehab or alcohol rehab.

This is a woman who had a career that had millions of fans searching for her on the internet on a regular basis. She has the potential to come back as a music artist big again, when she cleans up. What makes me sad though, is that as a mother, seeing somebody acting out in such a manner as shaving her head, clubbing all night, and coincentally having every moment of it publicized for the media…she’s crying out for help. This girl, who is now a mother of two sons is so desperate for help.

She has been sucked so far down, she has to have some form of normalcy in her life. I hope she gets the help she needs, and that she comes out of this healthier so she can be the mother her children need.

When you’re a mother, you ache for your children when they ache, but they have to learn from their own mistakes. We want to reach out and help, but it’s not something we can force on people. When I was a teenager, I acted out as well, and while my parents may have had a difficult time dealing with me, I had to get through those experiences to become who I am today. It’s difficult to watch people suffer, and this poor girl keeps getting into the thick of it over and over again. She is on a surefire course of destruction, and hope she finds the peace and comfort in her life that she desperately needs.