Mary, we'll have to form our own caravan and meet somewhere in the middle! And hopefully I'll be able to go next time when I'm not having a family crisis...
This is a discussion on Talked to Abbers..... within the The Watercooler forum, part of the Parents Support Forum; Mary, we'll have to form our own caravan and meet somewhere in the middle! And hopefully I'll be able to ...
Mary, we'll have to form our own caravan and meet somewhere in the middle! And hopefully I'll be able to go next time when I'm not having a family crisis...
ME: SAHM/Zookeeper; GAD/depression
DH: Depression/undx'd mood disorder, seizure disorder, two years post craniotomy; Paxil, Trileptal
GFG1: 16m; ADHD, GAD, Crohn's disease (remission), IBS, asthma, allergies; Daytrana, Celexa, Imuran, Allegra, Advair, Tegretol,trialing Strattera, melatonin
GFG2: 13m; BP-Mixed, Sydenham's chorea (remission), allergies; Seroquel XR, Depakote ER, Namenda, Allegra, Intuniv
PC/GFG3: 11f; anxious, copes o.k. w/o meds
ZOO: chickens, cats, turtle, lizards, fish...
I'm alive...more later. Thanks all for your support. Details will come.
Abbers
Former site owner
24 y/o GFG - Recently released from 3rd stint in CA prison.
25 male PC...somehow defying the odds.
21 female PC...s textbook normal teen / college girl.
19 PC - Great kid. Finding his way in life.
It is so good to see you.
Hugs.
Me: Former moderator. Member since 1999. "Mimi" to beautiful baby girl.
Rob: Age 26. Foster child at 3, adopted at 4. RAD, ODD, ADHD combined-type severe, Drug and Alcohol abuse. Tons of meds- no meds now. RTC then group home. Motorcycle accident 8-2009. TBI/brain bleed. Recovering.
Rescue fuzzbutts: Chloe and Rufus.
Detachment article:
http://www.coping.org/control/detach.htm
"We did the best we could with what we knew...And when we knew more, we did better!" ~ Maya Angelou
Do we have any members in Alaska? OM hades .....if I don't get out of this heat soon.....I swear and promise I will not....repeat WILL NOT go jumping in a glacier filled lake nude...I'll dip a toe and be completely respectful of the wildlife - both furbearing our ours.
Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for fewer problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom.”
I'm with you Star. I need a break from the heat.
Fran
warrior mom
member since Oct. 1998
gfg 26yr old son. Leaving home Sept. 2010 for Texas. Will do training for a career and live on his own.
Dx: AS,atypical mood disorder,Nonverbal learning disability, executive function difficulty, dyscalculia, dysgraphia and verbal processing difficulty.
pc: 21. Good boy. Starting 3rd year of college and works a lot.
"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else." ~Judy Garland
Come visit down under. It's cold but above freezing for most of the country. Even in winter it's a good place. But spring is beginning already, so hurry up before it warms up again.
Unless you want to wait until you are feeling the cold, then dream of an Aussie summer beach...
Abbey, feel free to dream of an Aussie summer beach any time. Think of that final scene in Butch Cassidy...
Marg
me: body's cactus, brain still works.
DH: Aspie? busy job, darling man, CD member.
PC (28 yo): adored by GFG3. Qualified OT. Married to SIL1.
GFG1 (26 yo): AS/ADHD/OCD.Hidden brains. Married to DIL.
PC/GFG2 (24 yo): ADHD/Aspie?. High IQ. Cuddlebunny. Married to
SIL2, both live on "mainland".
GFG3 (16 yo): ADHD/Autism HF/OCD. Hyperlexic, anxious. Darling handful.
correspondence student, doing better.
Home: beach village, ‘island’ surrounded by water and 'bush'.
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