It has been almost a year since I have posted anything and so much has changed. Rose has been diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder. It explains alot about how she acts from day to day and why she does the things she does. She is doing well in school outside some disorder related things. She is currently seeing her mother overnight every other weekend. Her RAD is acting up intensely at home and I am still having problems dealing with it but now we're taking even more action - I got back into councelling for myself for one, we're meeting with another agency right now for both her and Darien and maybe starting another one just for her. Darien is now in school and doing so well in it, even the teachers are amazed at him. But he's still got issues, he's still got his hydrocele, he's been diagnosed with developmental delays (they're not severe though) and he is being accessed for mental conditions. His asthma has been under control for awhile until a couple weeks ago, he developed a severe infection in his sinuses that spread into his throat and his ear and is just finishing 10 days of antibiotics. Charlotte is growing faster then I can keep up with. She is 15 months but acts more like 2. She's talking, walking, eating, drinking, and has hit more milestones then she should by now. She flew passed the 18 month milestone chart over a month ago. I am still nursing, cloth diapering, baby wearing and co-sleeping with her as well. She is also getting over a sinus infection but momma milk fixed her up. I am now married to Chris, since August, and despite some issues we're having, we're working through them all and we have a strong, stable, happy enough marriage. I support him and he supports me in everything we do, even if we don't agree 100% on it. We went to court for Rose with her mother agian and despite it not really changing anything, I am now a legal party and legal guardian to Rose as well as the two of them, so it's a step in the right direction. We're likely going back soon though because Rose's mother is still threatening to take us for full custody despite her highly doubtful chance at it.
I have found a local wiccan/pegan circle and am now involved with them. I have made some amazing friends and we meet once a month and talk often online (they are out of town for the most part, I car pool to meetings). It has opened me up to start prayer again and see if it helps me with my issues at home and in life in general. I pla to strart written prayers here to help me focus my thoughts. So don't be amazed if you see them from now on. I also am starting my own natural parenting store. I have everything in order - a lease in hand, employee lined up, wholesale accounts for my products set up, a shopping list for material supplies waiting to hit pay... just waiting for government funding to either be denied or come through for approval so I know what my next step is. I am crossing my fingers and toes something comes through though. I need this. I WANT THIS.
I love my family and will do anything for them but I am determined this will be my year.
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