Monthly Archives: May 2013

Some days make everything worthwhile

I will be the first to admit, raising a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder is a challenge.  Raising a David is an incredible challenge. Today. Made it all worthwhile. I have chronic illnesses, and as a result, sometimes have difficulty sleeping.  Some days too much, other days, not at all.  Friday night was one of those “not at all” nights.  When I finally fell asleep at 6am, I was utterly exhausted. 9am, my phone rings.  David calling.  Any other time, I would love to talk to him. Since he is on a kick right now where he is calling, I answered it. “Dad, could we change our dad and me time?” he asked. “What did you have in mind?” I asked wearily. “How about we go to the 1 o’clock movie?  Epic.”  he stated. And thus, my time with David bumped from 3pm to 1pm, and we went to a

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a smile, and a wakeup

My sleep schedule is messed up because of illness.  I might sleep 14 hours today and none tomorrow.  I sleep when my body lets me. Today, I was in the middle of a rem cycle, and the phone rang.  How awesome that David called two days in a row.  He asked if I was sleeping, and I told him, “I am never too asleep to talk to you.” I don’t know how long he will continue these calls, but any interruption in my day is welcome when it comes to him.  Yesterday he called twice. Loving it. During each conversation, he never stayed on one topic for more than a minute or two.   Tweet #fighting4answrs

a hypothetical about ethics and parental responsiblity – Updated

The story I am about to relay is purely hypothetical. When I am done, I will ask two questions. ++++++++++++++++++++++ A child with emotional and mental health illness is in a 2nd grade classroom.  The parents do everything that they can to ensure that IDEA is followed and their child gets the education that they are legally entitled to receive. Now let us add a variable. the parent of that child is a special education teacher.   We will call this parent, Teacher 1. the parent of another child in the same classroom is a special education teacher.  We will call this parent, Teacher 2. ======================== Now, teacher 1 takes a position at a neighboring school district. A year later teacher 2 also takes a position in the same neighboring district as teacher 1. ========================= Over the course of the next few years, teacher 1 is made to feel less than

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