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…
Category: antisocial personality disorder
My pain today
My pain tonight comes not from my body, road weary and tired of travel. It doesn’t come from the connective tissue illness with which I have long lived. It comes from saying good bye to David. From leaving him behind in a far off place to be cared for by others. My heart knows…
Conversations with David
David called today. wanting to know what he could do to complete his treatment. So I began explaining it to him. He needs to work his treatment plan. He needs to be safe. He needs to eat what he is fed and not refuse meals. The thing to remember with David, is that he remembers…