Reply To: Going off the Derech

a mamin- Ani lo maamina that you still think of me!! Truly, we are Am echad!

adams-thanks for your post. I really do hope that my story will end up happy like yours did. I’m not sure my son has a love of Hashem, which was probably key in bringing you back. Your mother sounds very special, as it is very difficult to be tested like this. My son is mechalel Shabbos without any regard to our feelings, and would never apologize for it. We are still ambivalent as to how to deal with it. If it was a one time thing, we might be able to look away. But it isn’t.