Author Archives: David's Father

an update, and the coolest thing

So, we have had a good couple of days here in the manor.  Seriously. No major issues at school, nothing out of the usual, in fact far from it. One night he even woke us to let us know that he had fallen asleep without his meds and now couldn’t sleep. Now, for the coolest thing ever. Today, David helped me fix up a bicycle for him to use.  It is an old bike, tires were flat, chain frozen stiff with rust… and now, he is wearing his helmet and cruising the neighborhood. Today has been an awesome day so far. 🙂 Tweet #fighting4answrs

calm before a very chaotic storm

Earlier, I wrote to you about David’s explosion of behavior. I looked just now, and that post never published.  I evidently saved it as a draft.  So it will seem like these events are coming back to back, in reality, it has been a couple of hours. We had about 2 hours of calm.  And then.  One would think that Mt. Etna erupted. By the time things calmed, David was restrained multiple times.  He became combative. I should really say that it all started with a grin.  That grin that says hell is coming.  His grin.  The one I should know so well, that means he is about to come unglued.  Sadly, I missed the sign that was staring me in the face. So tonight I am the worst father, my wife is the worst mother, we are the worst family.  He said “he wants a new family”. My wife

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want to know something scary?

Today we had a bit of a go.  He didn’t want to listen.  I would tell him to do something and he would laugh and grin. I would get him into his shoes, and he would take off his coat.  He would put on his coat, and then take off his shoes. I got hold of his hand, and thinking he was going to kick at me, I ended up kicking him. Later after we both calmed down, we left to run the grocery errand.  I asked him.  “Do you like how you feel when you upset or hurt someone?” “Yes, sometimes I do.”  was his reply. He said “it feels like when I got the DS.  (his gameboy)  or when I found out I was coming home.” In the grand scheme of things, today didn’t have to happen.  I should have walked away.  I can’t leave him home alone

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