lylajean's Journal

  2-17-09  Tuesday

  I have been so busy but am taking a moment to catch up here... We are all doing ok and managing to keep our heads afloat, which is saying a lot during economic times like these.  I have gone back to volunteering in my children's classrooms 3 days a week, so I have less free time and am pretty busy catching up when free time comes. The teachers appreciate my help because they have noticed my gift for tutoring those that struggle the most. I know what it's like for them because I have children that are just like them, but I also understand what it's like to be them because I too struggled greatly as a child and sometimes still do as an adult. But there is definately less struggling going on now that I have been on medication for my ADHD. My husband struggles less now too that he has began medication for his ADHD also. My 2 children with ADHD are doing very well also, and my daughter who is gifted, is doing well also since we found out how gifted she truly is and has been advanced from early 2nd grade to late 3rd grade GATE. We are still plugging along with my husband's back injury from when he was rear ended by a big rig last July. He still sees his lawyer, and he is being scheduled for a spinal injection that will hopefully help. Both of his parents have worked in the home and construction field for a great number of years, and just recently his father's lumber company closed it's doors causing him to be unemployed after working there for 38 years and he's only 58. His mother has worked for a home manufacturing company for 25 years and is probably destined for the same fate. So our future may include increasing our family size which would be extrememly difficult... But I know that together, we can deal with anything that comes our way, and that we will learn a lot  along the way.....  Hope all is well with all of you and yours.... Hugs, lylajean