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First visit with David

He has been a resident since October 3rd.  Today we had our first visit.  It went well, we were able to see him for two hours.  We played a couple of board games, and then watched a show on tv. He is as energetic as ever. It breaks my heart to see him happy there.  But it also makes me feel better to know that he is happy.  This placement is for him to learn how to control himself. He still has not asked when he gets to come for a visit. He won’t be home for Thanksgiving, and likely will only be able to have a couple of hours on Christmas pass.  It will be hard to not have him home, on the other hand, his brothers and sisters are opening up more every day. Tweet #fighting4answrs

Behavior Dependent – Holidays

David has been in placement for 6 weeks now. His behavior and aggressiveness toward others are not diminishing, thus they are not recommending any home visits.  We will reevaluate for Christmas.  This is as I expected, however it doesn’t make my heart hurt any less for him.  Does he miss us? I don’t think so.  Our conversations with him never last for more than a couple minutes.  One time he called, “I just wanted to say hi, ”  and then hung up on me. We are scheduled for a two hour on-campus visit this Sunday.  Behavior dependent.   If his behavior is wild behavior will determine how long we stay and visit.  They said that they could arrange a day pass for Christmas.  We live an hour away from where he lives.  That would be four hours in the car, and with my health like it is, I am not sure

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Now is the time to come together.

When I started this blog, I swore that I wouldn’t post a lot of political commentary. That said, I view this as more a philosophy than a commentary. ============= An election is over.  Well over 1 billion US dollars was spent on the Presidential Election alone.  Right or wrong.  That is the reality that we face.  In the end, will this election bring our citizenry together or push them further apart? It seems to me that a small part of the problem is the severe division that is a part of our Congress.  People are not able to cross party lines even for the good of the people.  Sad as it is, this is reality. As citizens, it is our duty to ensure that our congress men and women follow our wishes.  If they don’t then we need to make our choices clear at the next election.  That is the

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