by Penbleth on Tuesday 4 October, 2011
When you are in a relationship you learn to compromise, when you are a parent you learn to compromise. If you are a parent of a child with special needs you don’t just compromise, everything about your life undergoes a massive shift. Or at least, ours did. There is however one factor, amongst many I [...]
by Penbleth on Friday 30 September, 2011
This past week has been so strange. Just two kids in the house. Only two who need our immediate focus. Two others off doing their own thing not wanting too much input, if any. There is a strange sense of being transported back in time, back to when the two who have gone were very [...]
by Penbleth on Friday 23 September, 2011
It’s that time of year again, when the nights lengthen, the days shorten and fledglings fledge. Today we took 19 on his voyage of discovery to the new land of university life. When we arrived there were only a few, by the time we went in to town, picked him up some fresh food, fed [...]
by Penbleth on Monday 5 September, 2011
Last night I packed. No, not for my escape, I keep that fantasy on a nice back-burner for when I’m really desperate. I put together mentally the checklist for 13 going back to school today, making sure I knew exactly what she would need and where it had been hiding the long six weeks of [...]
by Penbleth on Tuesday 30 August, 2011
(Say THAT fast when you’re annoyed.) So, how was your day? I hope it wasn’t like mine. Let’s not dwell on the item I ordered for 16 to be sent priority delivery because she needs it to go back to college has not arrived despite assurances we would have it today. Let’s not care that [...]