Category: kids

  • It’s Monday Again – NABPM / NaBloPoMo Day 14

    So…another week begins. We spent time Thursday and Friday last week talking as a family about what’s going on with The Girl* and talking to her about what an evaluation is.  We’d had a cocktail party scheduled for Saturday night for weeks and, while debating if we should cancel, we all decided not to.  She…

  • He’s Leaving Home: A Love Letter

    I don’t talk about them a lot here, but we do have two children besides Tim.  Our oldest, “Sandy,” is 20 years old.  He’s our biological child and, for better or for worse, is a chip off the old blocks.  Both of us.  He’s got the tall, lanky body and strong chin of Tom and…

  • Luck

    Tim was home last weekend for a visit.  Tom picked him up after work on Friday, and by the time they got home it was after eight, and Tim was tired.  Hugs, meds, and a glass of water later, and he was in bed.  We decided to have a low key Saturday and, since the…

  • Help CABF Help More Families

    If you read my blog with any frequency,  you know that 2-3 times a month I blog for the Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation.  CABF is in the running, right now, for a Pepsi Refresh grant worth $250,000. I can say, will all sincerity, if it wasn’t for CABF and their volunteers, staff, and services,…