When you live in an old home, you worry about fire in the rights hands, let alone in the hands of a child with mental illness. Today we discovered this when we went into our guest bedroom/office. Do I think he was trying to burn down the house? No. What he was trying to do,…
Month: July 2015
trying something new part II
In trying something new, I described efforts we were undergoing to change how we respond to David, and how we let him affect us. Yesterday, we were given an added tip or coping mechanism. Laughter. When angry we should laugh more, because it is difficult to be angry while laughing. On one hand, I think…
the most haunting sound
I never thought I would hear a sound so haunting as the sound of my son laughing at me when I was laying on the ground bleeding after having fallen while trying to calm him down and protect him from himself. I pray that you never hear the sound of your child laughing at you…