Honestly I don’t know if we will ever be prepared for him to come home and I don’t know if that is really possible. The biggest hurdle may be letting go of the past so that it does not over shadow the future holds, we all need to build trust and really value all the great progress he has made. I truly do feel that we are getting the son back that we once knew. We have all changed, I know he has too and we must embrace the change.
{ 2 comments }
Everyday I read many blogs and websites about teens, teen issues, parenting teens and what not about life with a teen. Many of them are very good and most are basically marketing to promote services or products. I like the real life articles, that assist me in understanding how to deal with my emotions and [...]
{ 7 comments }
Before I tell my story there is a more pressing issue at hand. Another teenager has run from her home and her parents are desperately seeking her return. I do not know the details, this is a young lady age 15 and thought to be in Southern California. You can see her flyer here http://www.troubledteenblog.com/deannamissing.pdf [...]
{ 3 comments }
Visiting My Son In Treatment Just when you thought the visits to treatment centers in Utah are over, I am back again, visiting my son in beautiful Provo, Utah. I had business in Utah so I thought I would sneak in a weekend with my son. Provo really is not that bad. Also coincidentally I [...]
{ 2 comments }
We are on the second to the last day of a 5 day home visit, and an amazing visit it has been. Sometimes I have to pinch myself I cannot believe the positive changes my son has made and that he has come back to life, earth, this planet. Which he was not part of [...]
{ 0 comments }
In light of all the financial crisis in our nation today and the anticipated closure of Willow Creek School in Utah it may be wise to research the financial stability of a program before making a commitment. Take it from experience it is very stressful not only on your teen but the family if you end up having to move to a new [...]
{ 2 comments }
Milestones are being met in our son’s residential treatment care, long milestones, if I may add. The one year marker at his current facility is next week and I feel a vast difference in my son’s engagement in the program and in his life. He knows that we are talking about transition the end of [...]
{ 0 comments }
We are rounding the last days of “summer vacation” Back-to-School is only days away. Next week my youngest son will begin his freshman year, how exciting for him. This was the year from hell for my older son that is now at a residential boarding school in Provo, Utah. All the memories just flood in, campus [...]
{ 5 comments }
Posts
