Monthly Archives: June 2015

stealing technology.

One would think that if he is in trouble for stealing items, forging checks and his budding philanthropy with our lawn mowing equipment, that he wouldn’t steal from us. Evidently that isn’t the case.  I plugged in my tablet computer next to my bed this morning.  Now it is missing. “I don’t have it” is his mantra. “why would I take it when I am not allowed technology.” “I wish that you would stop blaming me for everything that goes missing.” So I told him to pretend he “found it and give it back”. No luck so far. Tweet #fighting4answrs

lack of funding in foster care and mental health programs

I make no secret that my family and I live in North Dakota. In our state, we have a citizen legislature that meets every other year for less than 90 days. In the last session, the House Appropriations Committee gutted program funding for the mentally ill. Yet, agreed to spend five million dollars to build a new home for our state’s chief executive. Funding was apparently cut for foster care programs as well as the mental health programs.  They even left town without deciding on retirement for our state’s employees, which includes themselves.  As a result they have to have a special day long session to take care of the retirement issue and only the retirement issue. Where are our priorities? Here my wife and I are being told to give up custody of our son to the state. Give up custody to a state that doesn’t fund the system

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Locks locks and more locks

working on shoring up security of our stuff.  added new locks to the garage.  working on adding them to the main doors as well as the walk-in. Padlocks.  Getting expensive.  Every time he compromises a key, the locks are changed. Since he is an amateur locksmith, and a darn good one at that, it makes it difficult to keep up with him. Tomorrow is a new day.  Wish us luck that we can get people to see the light, and realize that giving up custody doesn’t have to happen. I could see if we were bad parents, abusive, and what not, but I think that we are good parents.   Tweet #fighting4answrs