Finishing Off My Family

This is about my life loving a bunch of crazy people. We are searching for ways to cope and heal from an alphabet soup of diagnosis. I am proud to be the mother of the bravest people I know.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

What Did We Do Before Kiera?

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I feel like all we do is complain lately so I asked the kids what their favorite part of being in our family was. It was unanimous, Kiera. ...
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Now That Jennie talked Me down From The Edge

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I have a better grip on my emotions and can think a little clearer. What's done is done. We adopted them all. We are keeping them togeth...
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Same Advice, Separate Them

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Our appointments this morning were horrible. Kiera's always been aggressive and demanding but she was completely out of control during t...
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Monday, March 29, 2010

My Dream Home

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I'm taking Patches and Michael to the new p doc tomorrow. I'm stressed out hoping this will be the one and worried he won't. Our...
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Let's Embarrass Mom Day

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They admit they like me. They don't mind being here. They are very clear that I am replaceable with another nice lady. I was very calm a...
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Friday, March 26, 2010

Screw Honesty

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Ruthie has a beautiful hot pink cast on her foot. She did indeed separate the growth plates on her left foot. I missed the conference that I...
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Karma

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I'm off to take Ruthie to the Orthopedist. She tripped over the neighbor on Saturday and separated the bone plates on the side of her f...
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Monday, March 22, 2010

Prison Isn't Looking So Bad

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I must admit, having a delusional person in your family is difficult but having 2 is enough to drive me mad. There is no reasoning with the...
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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Pissed Off Over Pancakes

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I got up and made pancakes for breakfast. The kids love them and we do this often adding different fruits or chocolate to them. Each child...
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Friday, March 19, 2010

Don't Hold Your Breath

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The therapist and I discussed our current struggles and my perception of them. Something happens when you live with certain behaviors over ...
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Choke or Strangle?

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Ruthie was able to keep herself together while her brother melted down last night. I couldn't even find the energy to get upset about h...
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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Feeling Blah

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I had to have an embarrassing conversation with the counselor at the elementary school today. One of my kids is getting aroused in PE and t...
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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Yesterday was another rough evening. One child lost her shiznit and threatened all of us several times. She wanted to call DFCS on her sis...
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Saturday, March 13, 2010

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We are all alive, barely. We have a long awaited event tomorrow that I am hoping they will manage to get through without any huge episodes....
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Friday, March 05, 2010

A Big Weekend

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I have posted about our issues with finding a new psychiatrist. We have a new one that is scheduled for March 30 and our male therapist wil...
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Monday, March 01, 2010

A Family Meeting

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Michael became enraged when asked to "run through" his chore. It was a simple task I asked of all the kids. His chore is the hal...
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Sunday, February 28, 2010

A Broken Back

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My son fell out of a tree last weekend playing with the neighbor boys. He barely mentioned it to my DH in passing and ran back out to play ...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

I Just Realized

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that none of my children give me the heebie jeebies when they hug me anymore. I'm sure it sounds horrible to those of you that are read...
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"Your kids are too much for me"

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This is what the latest new pediatric psychiatrist said to me among other things like, "I'm thinking of retiring so I won't be ...
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Monday, February 22, 2010

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Did you know you could scream so hard that the tiny capillaries under your eyes can rupture? I have a second child now that has managed to ...
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Tudu
Deep South, United States
I am the mother of 10 children, 6 are part of a large sibling group we adopted through foster care in 2006, 2 are our grown foster daughters, 2 are from independent infant adoptions in 2001 and 2008. Every one of them have their own issues to work through from Schizo-Affective Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Complex PTSD, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Sensory Integration Dysfunction, ADHD, and Cerebral Palsy. Most of our children have been victims of sexual abuse by a close family member, most acted out sexually or exhibited predatory behaviors. We are currently trying to figure out where the trauma ends and mental illness begins in each of their lives.
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