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I don't know what to do.

Should I do anything?

It is not my life.

It is not my child.

Should I let it affect me?

I do not want to sound condescending.

I do not want to sound overbearing.

I want to be a friend.

My heart literally hurts.

I feel sick to my stomach.

What do I do?????

In my patriarchal blessing, I am told that I will be a leader and that I should not hold back my convictions and emotions. I need to stand up for what is right. And all my life I have fought this council. Sometimes because others have told me to hold my tongue, and sometimes because I did not want to say anything. Why? Out of fear...fear that I will loose a friend or make someone angry. Or just because I thought it was none of my business.

I have a friend who is going through a hard time with her teenage children. I have seen and heard things....more specifically language that they are using. Language that they have been taught not to use. I know that there is more going on behind the scenes and it really is not my business ( is it?).

I remember being a teenager. I remember wanting to feel accepted and to have fun, and having to make a choice. But those choices were not hard for me to make.

I am torn! My gut says " say something", my heart says" say something", but my mind says" bite your tongue".

AAAAGGGGGHHHHH!