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Encouragement

What is it like to live in fear? Having never lived in a war zone, or been active in a war zone, I can’t say that our experience compares to that. What I can say is this. Living day to day on edge constantly because you don’t know from one minute to the next what your child is going to do, whether or not they are going to explode in anger, assault you, throw themselves at the wall, steal things, or try to kill the family pets will take a huge toll on you.  If he is angry enough to carve on himself, to then reach into that wound and make the wound larger by tearing his own flesh with his own hands, what is he capable of doing to someone else? When a child can easily go 48 hours without sleep, it takes a toll. When you have chronic

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Tags: @mylivingpower, #getyourjoyback, autism, God, hope, joy, prayer, prtf ·

You can “Get Your Joy Back”

My friends.  As many of my readers know, over the past 4 years, we have struggled with getting our son the services that he needs. Initially this began as a struggle with our local education authority.  Gradually, it transitioned to psychiatric residential treatment facilities. Constantly being aware of the needs of our children, being ever vigilant of their every move, mood change, or behaviour can be taxing on any parent.  After all, we are not able to run our homes like the facilities we find ourselves placing our children in for care.  It strains family relationships, marriages, the childhood of siblings and so many other facets of our lives. A short time ago, I was humbled to receive an advance copy of the book “Get Your Joy Back” by Laurie Wallin. The book is like a roadmap for the beginning stages of mental health.  I read it the first time

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Tags: @mylivingpower, #getyourjoyback, joy, mental health ·

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