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Tag Archives: Virginia

The reason for disabled kids….

There is a politician in Virginia who believes… ” disabled children are God’s punishment to women who have aborted their first pregnancy. ” I won’t say his name, because that in my book would be akin to an endorsement. I say this Mr. Politician.  My wife has never had an abortion, not that it is any business of yours.  We have a couple of kids with disabilities.  How do you explain that? I and a huge number of other parents of kids with special needs take offense at your words.  Be happy I don’t live in Virginia anymore, I would do everything in my power to see that you got recalled. It is one thing to be against abortion.  I am not in favor of it myself, but until I grow my own vagina, I am not going to tell a woman what to do with hers.  However, to blame

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Tags: abortion, autism, Bob Marshall, disability, God, mental health, Planned Parenthood, reactive attachment disorder, special needs, vagina, Virginia ·

so tired. hospital again

I am so tired.  I was able to catch 15 minutes of nap time here and there this morning, but it isn’t like it was when I was 20 and 15 minutes felt like a couple of hours sleep when we were on maneuvers at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia. David has been going pretty much non-stop since yesterday. I had a brief respite from him when he was asleep for about three hours, but… I wasn’t asleep.  so I have been awake for the most part since yesterday.  Thankfully my daughter is going to be my eyes for a while this afternoon so I can sleep a bit. I am due in Denver for three days at the end of the week, and we have family coming to stay with the kids while I am gone.  So since David is actively non-compliant with his meds, I will be putting

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Tags: ADHD, autism, bipolar, blogboost, Conditions and Diseases, Fibromyalgia, Fort A.P. Hill, Health, Lupus, Mental disorder, mental health, non-compliance., obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD, ODD, Stress, traumatic brain injury, Virginia ·

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