Author Archives: David's Father

Mr School Van Driver

Good morning my friends.  Hope this note finds you well. Yesterday was an excellent day. This morning, David was in full on mode.  Jumping from topic to topic so quickly that we couldn’t keep up.  In the course of 30 minutes, I bet he talked about 50 different things.  When he is like this there isn’t a lot that we can do except give him his ADHD meds and pray that they take hold before he gets to school. I imagine that the kids in the van had to tell him many times to stop talking.  Mr School Van Driver, my apologies.  Be happy that you only had to listen to it for 57 miles. That is all for this morning.  Tonight, if my legs cooperate, David and I are going for a bike ride.  More on that later. Carl   Tweet #fighting4answrs

Most Excellent

Today was a most excellent day.  We had a brief tantrum right before bed, but he had a busy day. We got up.  Had breakfast. Then.  We started in the garage.  Dug out the mower.  So that he could get started mowing.  While he was mowing where I was planning to work on windows today, I loaded the truck with the tools I needed for the day.  Lunch was an easy snack.  Although he did disappear on occasion to get some light snack. All the while that mower was running.  He did a really good job, and only missed a couple of spots.  Because he did so well,  I moved some things around so that he could use his basketball hoop.  Only to have him remember that his basketball was deflated, and he had thrown the needle in his fit of rage nearly two weeks ago.  So he had some

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Frustrated with the Naysayers

I write today, not because I am frustrated with my son.  He isn’t home from school as of yet, and by all accounts he is having a decent day.  In his world, I can never ask for more than that. I am writing because of the naysayers. You know who you are. It isn’t just the local ones saying stuff. Some are kind enough to say things directly to me, others are more catty.  They don’t think that things can get back to people.  I am not here to please any of you.  I am here to raise awareness about mental illness, adoption and family support. I am doing the best I can with the situation that my family is in.  Is it less than ideal?  Heck yes.  Is there anything that I can do about it that I am not already doing?  Hell no!  I am doing everything in

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