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<blockquote data-quote="TerriH" data-source="post: 722855" data-attributes="member: 298"><p>Californiablond, you rock. You really do.</p><p></p><p>It reminds me of that old saw "I prayed for strength so that I could do great things, but I was given weakness so I could do better things". You were there for this child and I salute you!</p><p>............................................................</p><p>My bipolar daughter used to like to sit next to me and watch TV while she talked. When she was not cycling it would be the odd comment and that was fine. And, I would go on line, which worked out well enough when she was not cycling but when she was cycling instead of the odd comment about the show she would do the non-stop chatter. I eventually bought those ear buds and I told her that I could not listen to the TV and the youtube at the same time, that as I was getting older it was just to much noise.</p><p></p><p>It was a little white lie, I am afraid.</p><p></p><p>Because I had ear buds in and would occasionally pull one out and say "what was that"? she believed that yarn I told her about it being the TV that was bothering me, when in reality it gave me an excuse to NOT tune into everything she said. Because sometimes I, too, needed to tune out my daughter when she was manic. And it gave me an excuse to not catch what she was saying, which worked out well because my daughter is a wee bit short tempered when she is manic, to put it mildly, and I would rather she was not mad at me.</p><p></p><p>It meant I could take a 30 minute tune-out break when I needed it. I do want to be there for her when she is manic, but I cannot tune her in all of the time.</p><p></p><p>She is better now that she is older. The teen years are hard on kids, and twice as hard on our bipolar kids, but teen years do eventually end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerriH, post: 722855, member: 298"] Californiablond, you rock. You really do. It reminds me of that old saw "I prayed for strength so that I could do great things, but I was given weakness so I could do better things". You were there for this child and I salute you! ............................................................ My bipolar daughter used to like to sit next to me and watch TV while she talked. When she was not cycling it would be the odd comment and that was fine. And, I would go on line, which worked out well enough when she was not cycling but when she was cycling instead of the odd comment about the show she would do the non-stop chatter. I eventually bought those ear buds and I told her that I could not listen to the TV and the youtube at the same time, that as I was getting older it was just to much noise. It was a little white lie, I am afraid. Because I had ear buds in and would occasionally pull one out and say "what was that"? she believed that yarn I told her about it being the TV that was bothering me, when in reality it gave me an excuse to NOT tune into everything she said. Because sometimes I, too, needed to tune out my daughter when she was manic. And it gave me an excuse to not catch what she was saying, which worked out well because my daughter is a wee bit short tempered when she is manic, to put it mildly, and I would rather she was not mad at me. It meant I could take a 30 minute tune-out break when I needed it. I do want to be there for her when she is manic, but I cannot tune her in all of the time. She is better now that she is older. The teen years are hard on kids, and twice as hard on our bipolar kids, but teen years do eventually end. [/QUOTE]
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