Last night while I was at the dinner table I sat back and looked at my family with relief. All five of us at dinner, no outsiders (sorry girlfriends) just the three boys, mom and dad. It felt so good to have everyone together for an informal unplanned dinner. We made individual pizzas; it is [...]
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WHERE WAS THE GUARDIAN ANGEL? This may be my toughest blog post that I have written to date and it is not about me, emotionally it has hit me like a brick. There are no words to explain the sadness and tragedy that has shaken this entire community. A dear friend that I have known [...]
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Life is never boring when you have two teenagers at home and especially with one that likes to live on the edge. I don’t know whether it is the time change or just the stress of it all, but I have been going to bed very early lately. My youngest son seems to have turned [...]
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This may be one of the most difficult blog posts I have written. Three months have gone by since my son has returned home from Residential Treatment, he is 17; 18 in five months. Right now I am regretting discharging him from the RTC even though I know or think that we would have been [...]
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I never thought I would be on such a different planet as my kids, I had always imagined that when they grew older and able to *think logically* we would have these wonderful conversations about different subjects. Sometimes we do have good conversations, but the majority of the time I don’t know where they get [...]
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I visited my therapist yesterday, with two teens in the house, there is usually some issue going on between one or the other to disucss. At times I feel we are somewhat dysfunctional and should have a family meeting. But at the same time I do not feel like I had the tools to facilitate a productive meeting.
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Wow is it quiet! My husband and my oldest son, just left to meet his brother and sister at the beach in Southern California. This trip had been planned for over a year, all of my husband’s sibs and kids were invited. A family reunion of sorts, but do to schedules I am not going [...]
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The past month has been very difficult for our cat Hazel. We adopted two cats 8 years ago, our first family pets, the boys were 9 and 7 years old. They really wanted a pet, mainly a dog, but as a child I was never allowed to have pets except for fish or turtles so [...]
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