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remember the little things…

Now I could wax poetic about remembering the little things… But. With David gone, we remember the little idiosyncrasies that make him who he is. So I have to send a message to staff every time I remember something. How long before they get tired of hearing from me? Today, we discovered David is on a computer. 🙂 Don’t ask how we know, I won’t tell. So I sent a note to staff letting them know that David is good at hacking facebook, and has been known to threaten people via facebook. Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of good things about David, but there are also things that can bring him or others harm. Tweet #fighting4answrs

humbled by the number of people

I am humbled by the number of people who are reading my blog. I didn’t think that our life was interesting. I dropped some stuff off for David today. He saw us while he was walking and even pointed at the van as if to say “hey, that looks like our van”. But by the time I got to where he was, he had disappeared. Not sure what that was about. Back to yesterday when we admitted him to the facility. I think that the hardest part of the whole thing was the complete lack of affect. He was interested in two things. Food and bed. That said, he did have a good first night there. In honesty, I wonder how long it will take for me to sleep at night instead of during the daytime? Ah well, thank you everyone for the positive comments, the prayers and even the

I feel like I am missing a piece of myself

We admitted David today. No emotion from him. No sad tears, no “please don’t make me stay.” He wanted two things, a bed, and food. We had to sign a bunch of papers. I mean a bunch of papers. Went over all the rules, explained that even though he is a resident there, he is still a part of our family. On the one hand, I am happy for the rest of the family to get some peace. On the other hand, I feel torn that we had to admit him there in the first place. All in all, it looks to be a nice place, but face it, it is an institution. We limited his contact to less than 20 people outside of the facility. Every last one of them is family. He has less than 10 people he can call. The rest have to call him. Please, say