Posted by Barely Knit Together on Jan 28, 2009 in
Mental Stability,
Motherhood
I want to stay home. I really do. But somehow, between getting the teenager to work, the four year old to school and OT, and me to my own therapy (which includes, on occasion, knitting at the Starlight Cafe), I end up in the van. A lot.
Sometimes it’s just a distraction from the difficulty of [...]
Tags: adhd, mindfulness, Motherhood, overscheduling, parenting
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Dec 8, 2008 in
Mental Stability
I am afflicted. I suffer from an assortment of letters that include: ACDBPODDD. In no particular order. I’m sure if I was feeling attentive or ambitious I could cobble together a word from all those letters, but I think there are too many disorders and not enough vowels. If I include those maladies belonging to [...]
Tags: add, adhd, borderline personality disorder, depression, mental illness, ocd, tourette's syndrome
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Oct 29, 2008 in
Autism,
Motherhood
“Artistic? He’s artistic? Well, I guess he gets that from you.”
“No, Mom. I said autistic – they told us he’s autistic. And he has ADHD, but I guess we already knew that.”
“Oh. What, because he has tantrums? He’ll grow out of it, you’ll see. Your brother was like that, he would hold his breath until [...]
Tags: add, adhd, asperger's, Autism, autism spectrum disorder, children, high needs, Motherhood, obsessive, parenting, special needs, spirited, tantrums, temper tantrums