What have we learned here?

The past few days have been, um what's the word I'm looking for here, um it starts with a "C", yea that's it, a beehive of activity.

Along with the normal work (that would indicate that I do anything normal) I've been trying to help a buddy out. Sometimes I think I missed my calling and should have gone ahead and pursued my career choice when I was 18, but I digress, that's for another time........

Wednesday morning I found out a good buddy of mine had gotten into some trouble and me being the guy that just has to get involved decided someone needed to help this kid out. It started with a few calls and text's to other friends, moved to a conversation with another biker buddy attorney friend and ended with a blog telling who this kid really is.

Thursday started with phone calls a couple meetings with my attorney friend and another biker buddy, meeting another friend to have a nice exchange of thoughts, ideas, tell me why I do this, is there a down side to the tremendous up side and questions of am I doing the right thing here or not. The afternoon included sitting in a court room, watching a video monitor and wondering what the hell was going though this kids mind, does he know how many people care about him at this exact moment, and how can he get the help he needs sitting inside a building isolated from the support that is warranted, needed and that he should have received.

Sidebar; $500,000.00 doesn't make sense I begin to say first to myself, then to my attorney friend and just about anyone that would listen, I'm irritated, I'm mad, I'm pissed! Then it Jethro's me, right in the back of the head, then fingers hitting me in the forehead............focus!

It's not that they're trying to set a example, they're wanting to make sure that this kid get's the help that he needs.

I'm a bit more rational when Friday morning arrives, a letter has been written to this kid, when will he be able to see it? It's written from a "pop's" point of view, let him know he's in a pickle, let him know he has a huge support group out there, let him know he's going to receive the help he needs, and let him know that we're here for him no matter what, end it with the words "we love you"

Another meeting with biker buddies, and we have a plan..............3 pm, that plan changes when they decide to throw a monkey wrench in the mix, add another charge, keep the bond at the same amount but add a stipulation..........

They're still concerned about his welfare on the outside, "we just want to make sure he receives the help he needs", is overheard in the hallway.

The media is in a frenzy, they can't report about this enough, I wonder how much of what the media is putting out there is 1/2 truths, how much sensationalism can they add, what's with the faces that they make before the story is broadcast (is there a school for that?) it's done exactly what doesn't need to be done, giving publicity to a group that should remain nameless, and how do they find out things so quickly from the court house (who calls them, where's the leak, what do they think they will or hope to accomplish by making calls to the media, but that's yet another blog)

But at the same time, it's generated interest from a large group of individuals, Military Guys, families of Military Guys, concerned and proud Americans, the average "joe" on the street, a Senator, a guy from down south, a Soldier from Ft. Brag and countless others that ask the same question "What can I do to help"

This kid had no clue that there was this much activity going on behind the scenes, he had no idea so many people were concerned about him, he had no clue that 2 funds have been set up to help with his defense and bond.....I'm off track here, but for me that's not a surprise is it? Sometimes my thoughts come faster then I'm able to type them here, even at my 78 WPM, so I'll get back to the "rest of the story"

Last night the phone rings, will you accept the collect charges? Hell yes we will! 10 minutes is all that's allowed, no questions of who, what, when, where or why, just how are you doing, are you holding up, don't worry about "that" right now, yes we will, let's get through the next few days, we'll see you Monday, we're working on the outside to get you out of the inside, the main thing is to get you back on track. "you have 15 seconds" is the computer voice on the phone, "we love you", "I love you guys too" are the last words before that well known "click" is heard.

There are so many rumors out there right now, and a good friend helped me realize that being so closely involved feeds my need and my desire to keep those to a minimum but my "media feeding network" is not large enough to take care of that, so just know that you're able to know in your heart what is real and what is fabricated.

This is a week that I've learned.......I like being a fixer, and sometimes, yes sometimes..........the fixer is the one being fixed while he's fixing