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Mother of The Monster

My friend Marian said it best. “I feel like when that boy went into the theater, he jerked me in there with him. Like I’m able to imagine it as my own child doing what I fear the most. And that is just plain flat screwed up. It is impossible for me to look at…

July 26, 2012
Yeah, Not So Much

Suicide Bridge by K(ittenhotep) So, the transition to the new school is not going as smoothly as I’d hoped. He had about two good weeks, then the agitation began, fueled by teenage housemates who have figured out that pushing his buttons is excessively easy. He had a particularly bad day last week – we know…

July 6, 2012
Out Of Touch

Tim comes home on Sunday for a visit. While he’s home, we are going to tell him that we are going on vacation. Without him. In Europe. We’re not taking any of our children. We have spent 12 days child free in the past 22 years and, with Wonderboy all grown up, The Girl off…

June 29, 2012
RTFM

Tim is coming home this Sunday for a few days. This is his first home visit since his transfer to Allendale, thirty days ago. The honeymoon is already over at the RTC. Last week he hit a classmate, slammed a door so hard it hit a teacher’s aide, and threatened a housemate. Sigh. But what…

June 26, 2012
Movie Sunday – Love, Ludlow

This afternoon I sat down, hell-bent on getting a blog post done. It’s about five thousand degrees outside so I switched on the TV. Tom and I tend to record movies off Starz and Showtime to the DVR that have interesting descriptions to watch when we have time to spare. Today I snapped on Love,…

June 24, 2012
He’s All Moved!

We got Tim successfully moved from OTDC to his new RTC the week after Memorial Day. It was quite the Memorial Day Weekend. I drove up Saturday and picked up Tim and a mountain of crap so high I couldn’t believe he had it all in his room. We checked him in to ODTC just…

June 8, 2012
Does your Child Have An ICG Grant?

Are you the Parent of a child that has been awarded an ICG Grant in the state of Illinois? The ICG Parents group is looking to make contact with the parents of all children in Illinois who have an ICG grant. Many parents aren’t aware there is a very active parents group. There is! Not…

June 4, 2012
Internet Meme of Me – Working Mom of Special Needs Kids

May 23, 2012
Join Me at Noon Central with the International Bipolar Foundation

I’m hosting a webinar about childhood mental illness from the parent’s perspective with the International Bipolar Foundation today, Sunday, May 21, at noon CDT. Join us at the link below: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/244842766

May 20, 2012
Is It June Yet?

I am so ready for this month to be over. It’s been quite a May so far for the family. It started out with a happy change – I switched jobs. I left a major retailer and went to work for a smaller company with better culture, better career opportunities, and better benefits, albeit with…

May 17, 2012

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