"He could have grown his hair long. He would have looked good with one of those beards they all had these days. He could have lived a fantastic life. So many opportunities. He had the brains, the looks, the facial hair. He was good with his hands. He could have done a trade! He could have done law or medicine or architecture. He could have travelled. He could have done drugs. Why didn’t he just do drugs? **How wonderful to have a son who made bad choices but not irreversible bad choices**;" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[parenting]], [[juicy-sentences]], [[grief]], [[making-decisions]] **Source** -- [[20250424015752 - B - Nine Perfect Strangers]]