mom-of-3

I wasn't looking forward to summer starting but it is better, so far, than I imagined.  This summer is different because T isn't using.  He is so much better to be around.  He shares things with...

Funny - I "talk" about T like he's my only son, obviously, because of the struggles he's face and how he affected us.  Our oldest, S, is graduating - from college.  He always excelled in school,...

Last night we went to the wake and today a funeral.  He was a friend, husband, and dad to 3 adorable children.  It broke my heart to see their children break down at the service.  The two older...

After I took a deep breath I promised myself I would not get after T.  He was already punished (and, for once, seemed upset about it) and so I decided that I am going to have a heart to heart talk...

I knew for some odd reason I would receive a call from the assistant principal.  Yes....the last day of school, no less.  T was so excited to go to school and walk with the Seniors (a tradition...

God grant me the serenityTo accept the things I cannot change,Courage to change the things I can,And the wisdom to know the difference....    I don't understand it but I have to remember what...

Y  know I haven't been on this in a week and my story is always the same regarding T-Man.  The upside is I believe he's still clean.  He may not like school but he loves sports and that is...

I'll admit......it's bothering me a bit but I know I have to let it all go.  Got the call from school today......T had bad sore throat......  He complained about it last night and it did sound like...

Sure - the T-Man is doing much, much better but there are times..... I could get more frustrated but I'm learning more and more to let go because it isn't helpful or healthy for me to get upset.  He...

Sure - the T-Man is doing much, much better but there are times..... I could get more frustrated but I'm learning more and more to let go because it isn't helpful or healthy for me to get upset.  He...

The "bad" could be worse, I suppose.  T is behaving, as expected, like he has some new found freedom - which he does.  His grades have slipped - has 2 F's on the interim report.  It comes at no...

I'm moving forward with my parent program at our middle school here in town.  All the roadblocks I was up against at the high school are non-existent at the middle school.  Now I know that there...

To us, his parents, it's obvious that T is not using, based on his behavior when he walks in the door.  He's conversational, alert, and engaging.  All good.  But then when it comes to following...

Okay -  I'll admit I was going down that path of thinking "Is he using again?".  I wasn't obsessing over it or anything but some of his behavior reminded me of the using days.  The behavior I'm...

Yesterday the attendance woman at the school called.  T had a bad headache.  I figured it was probably due to his messed up schedule with his medication.  So with an hour left at the end of the...