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<blockquote data-quote="CAmom" data-source="post: 72710" data-attributes="member: 1835"><p>Midwest, thank you for those kind words! And, I'm Adrienne...no good reason to stay "anon," really. </p><p></p><p>I don't think there's a mom (or dad...) on these boards who DOESN'T desperately love their child/ren. Otherwise, why the heck are we all sitting here staring at a computer screen, writing volumes about the ins and outs of our lives with our "difficult child's" when we could be out doing a million other fun things! Well, one reason for me is that all the kind words (and harsh when need be...) and prayers mean so much, even though things don't always go how we would like.</p><p></p><p>My son actually went to work with his dad yesterday as promised. I must say I was very surprised as I really didn't think he'd follow through. On the only other occasion he did so, a few years ago, he was calling me no more than twenty minutes after they left to pick him up because he was bored. </p><p></p><p>Yesterday, my husband said he was actually quite helpful. The only glitch--he turned to get my son to pass him a tool (my husband has a home and property improvement business) and found him asleep! He chalked it up to their agreed two 10-minute "break" times, suggested he get more sleep, and left it at that. He did say that, towards the end of what ended up being a 6-hour work day, our son started a version of the the are-we-there-yet game, i.e., "Are we almost finished? When are we leaving? What time are we going to be done?" Other than that, he feels things went very well...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CAmom, post: 72710, member: 1835"] Midwest, thank you for those kind words! And, I'm Adrienne...no good reason to stay "anon," really. I don't think there's a mom (or dad...) on these boards who DOESN'T desperately love their child/ren. Otherwise, why the heck are we all sitting here staring at a computer screen, writing volumes about the ins and outs of our lives with our "difficult child's" when we could be out doing a million other fun things! Well, one reason for me is that all the kind words (and harsh when need be...) and prayers mean so much, even though things don't always go how we would like. My son actually went to work with his dad yesterday as promised. I must say I was very surprised as I really didn't think he'd follow through. On the only other occasion he did so, a few years ago, he was calling me no more than twenty minutes after they left to pick him up because he was bored. Yesterday, my husband said he was actually quite helpful. The only glitch--he turned to get my son to pass him a tool (my husband has a home and property improvement business) and found him asleep! He chalked it up to their agreed two 10-minute "break" times, suggested he get more sleep, and left it at that. He did say that, towards the end of what ended up being a 6-hour work day, our son started a version of the the are-we-there-yet game, i.e., "Are we almost finished? When are we leaving? What time are we going to be done?" Other than that, he feels things went very well... [/QUOTE]
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