Thanks, I do feel better. In fact as each day goes by and we see no signs of her suffering due to her lack of contact with her mum, we all feel better. I'm sure if she was feeling overly guilty about her decision, we would see that, but she's not.
I also heard from her half brothers dad today, and he has just received the final report from Social Services that has been submitted to the Court for his final hearing for his residence case (no date yet, but should be soon), and the report strongly recommends that the child remains with his dad, and that mum is not permitted to have the child overnight. It also states that the Court imposes a ruling on her that she must not drink for 24 hours before having contact with her son, but goodness knows how a Court, or anyone could actually enforce that! But, it's great news, and I shared it with SD when she got in with school, and she is delighted as she really doesn't want her half brother going back to live with their mother. It's a shame isn't it, that this woman, who purports to be a good parent, and for so many years hid her complete inability as a parent (to herself I hasten to add, oh and Children's Services - we always knew!) has now lost both her children through her own fault. I'd have thought when SD walking out last year that should have been enough to give her the proverbial kick up the backside she needed, but no, and we all think she will sink even further into the bottle once residence is awarded to her son's father (she still believes she will get him back apparently, although she will have received a copy of the report too).
We're having the lad over to stay for 2 days next week, as there's a 2 day public holiday due to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations, and we can't wait!!