Evie, Braden, Cory, Amber, Me, and Bringing Laughter

 Guess who got to go on a field

trip with school?

Evie got to get a pumpkin.

She is just too adorable.

At five this girl is looking so grown.

A few months back this little girl

had a lot going on in her life, 

starting of kindergarten was coming 

up, mom and dad got engaged, they 

all three moved in together, and 

then Evie found out that she 

was going to be a big sister.

With all that, at the same time, due

to the events or not, she started 

acting out. She was saying if mom

had a girl she was going to 

be mean to it, which bothered 

us all. She started hitting and 

really talking back. 

Taking this info to the doc, they

learned that children with the 

issues Evie lives with causes

outburst and anxiety. But, in the last month 

or so, things have gotten better,

with a med added to her daily

routine. I hate that we are a world

of MEDS but this little girl

would never make it through

school without it.

With that said, my youngest grandson,

Braden, 

has ADHD. So badly that

he is on meds to get him through 

school each day. When I pick him up some

days after school, I so dislike the boy he is, 

he is so quiet, you can't even get a smile

from him. Its like there is nothing there.

I hate how the meds do him, 

but without them, he is so wild and 

bouncing off the walls. It is hard to

be around him at time when he 

is off the meds too. 

I have dealt with all this for years,

my son Cory was like Braden.

Cory, without meds, you literally 

had to tie him down, he was climbing,

jumping, busting in on all conversations,

rolling, basically bouncing all 

over. We had to do meds for him

also. As an adult, Cory deals, 

without meds. It is not always

easy for him but that is partly

why Cory is so out going, 

so entertaining, and why

when he crashes, he

CRASHES.

But he has anxiety attacks 

from time to time.

I wonder if that is heredity?

I have them, and Amber has them

also. By the way, the pic of Cory

as a child, head wrapped up was

what happens when a child walks

in front of someone

swinging a bat to hit a ball.

Anyway, to give Braden a break, 

he is not on meds on 

the weekends, holidays, summer

breaks or just days off from 

school. According to the doc,

it's okay to do that.

It's a shame that the world has

to depend on meds to get by,

but ADHD and Anxiety is no

different then heart issues, 

or diabetes. And with Evie, 

she has CP from the stroke she

had during delivery.

Me~

 I like to think that all

my issues stem from my 

creatively trying to work its

way out!!

haha

That is going to be my 

story from here on out and 

YES,

I will be sticking to that!!!

Now, a few weeks ago, I 

was so down and it seemed

I was falling fast and far.

I was dealing with a long drawn

out process of recovering 

from surgery. I felt I was not

healing as fast as I should

and I did not feel like my thoughts

and feelings were getting across

to the docs. 

To be honest, and maybe this

is maybe way to much info 

to post about, 

BUT, it was all stemming 

from bladder spasms and not

being able to have control of my 

bladder. I literally spent over 

750 bucks from May to the 

first of Oct on absorbent 

panties (aka my diapers)...

In the beginning before the 

issue was found, being the stones,

I tried to cont my life as I do.

But finally, I felt so bad and I 

just did not like going out

wearing those things, and 

I was dragging the ground.

THANK GOODNESS~ 

I finally feel good again.

Still in question of what to do 

about the two stones I carry, 

but I feel

BETTER!

How do I get through those days,

LAUGH!

If something is bothering 

you today, 

LAUGH!

Pam