David is on close watch again. He is under the belief that no matter what he does there, he is going to be moved to another facility. But that is not entirely why he is on close watch. He is on close watch because: he climbed to the top of his closet and hid there….
Category: auto-immune disorder
Home sweet home, again.
1176 miles. From home, to the residential facility and back again. 4 days. The thing about driving. It gives a person a lot of time to think. Ruminations about fatherhood, about things that a person might have done differently for David. I keep coming back to one inalienable truth. We did what we had to do. Not…
upcoming visit to see our son for Christmas
Today, I leave for the community where our son is in a residential facility. It is 500 miles each way. 10 hours by bus. When you have an auto-immune illness the trip takes twice as long. Frequent breaks are needed. Lots of rest periods. If I drive, I take it in two days with a…