The more things change....
The more things change the more they stay the same!
Tomorrow is Sutton’s birthday, she’s turning 11. Things haven’t changed, she’s gone back to all the difficulties she had before she went off to boarding school (for a week). We are struggling to get school done.
We are now using an educational consultant to find a residential treatment center for her. It’s a hard decision to make, but I think it will be best. We will find a place that can work on her meds, her behavior and bring her back to us soon as the loving, kind, generous little girl she is inside.
More than one person has said to me in the last week or two that it’s not good for her to be doing such damage to her relationships with those she most loves and needs, her family. We must find a way for her to get help so that she can enjoy being with us and we can enjoy being with her. We are all tired of fighting, arguing and finding out we have been lied to.
I want to trust her, enjoy her and feel able to engage her in life in a way that means we all are having fun and can be carefree. I want my son to enjoy life and have fun and not be worried about his mom and sister arguing. I want my husband to have the weight lifted off his shoulders, feel a lightness that he deserves so he can work and enjoy his career without worrying about what’s going on at home. And, selfishly, I want to wake up and know that I won’t be angry that day. Have time to do some of the wonderful crafts I have learned lately. Laugh, play, garden, without having to argue about it!
Most of all, I want Sutton to experience life as a positive, wonderful thing that is full of wonder and joys every day.
Karen
Tomorrow is Sutton’s birthday, she’s turning 11. Things haven’t changed, she’s gone back to all the difficulties she had before she went off to boarding school (for a week). We are struggling to get school done.
We are now using an educational consultant to find a residential treatment center for her. It’s a hard decision to make, but I think it will be best. We will find a place that can work on her meds, her behavior and bring her back to us soon as the loving, kind, generous little girl she is inside.
More than one person has said to me in the last week or two that it’s not good for her to be doing such damage to her relationships with those she most loves and needs, her family. We must find a way for her to get help so that she can enjoy being with us and we can enjoy being with her. We are all tired of fighting, arguing and finding out we have been lied to.
I want to trust her, enjoy her and feel able to engage her in life in a way that means we all are having fun and can be carefree. I want my son to enjoy life and have fun and not be worried about his mom and sister arguing. I want my husband to have the weight lifted off his shoulders, feel a lightness that he deserves so he can work and enjoy his career without worrying about what’s going on at home. And, selfishly, I want to wake up and know that I won’t be angry that day. Have time to do some of the wonderful crafts I have learned lately. Laugh, play, garden, without having to argue about it!
Most of all, I want Sutton to experience life as a positive, wonderful thing that is full of wonder and joys every day.
Karen
posted by Karen Petz at 8:45 PM
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