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I’ve had many topics swirling around in my head since I’ve been away recovering from surgery. It’s very interesting being the patient instead of the parent of a patient.

Need to write about…

Kindergarten Revisited – and how people look at you when you tell them and the things they say and the things they shouldn’t.

Senseless Humor. Um…I mean senses of humor. If we didn’t have that where would we be?

The kids’ vision disorder (Ocularmotor Apraxia) isn’t considered a visual impairment by the government. Um…yeah. Okay.

How parenting kids with a chronic life threatening illness changes you as a parent and a couple.

Mourning the loss of a neighborhood. It was a no-brainer. We had to move out of our historic, lovely, neighborhood in the interest providing a solid public education for two special needs kids. You wouldn’t think a year after moving 5 miles a significant period of mourning would occur, but it has.

Dear Quinn letter. The girl has turned 4 already. I need to write her a letter about how crazy cute she is when talks and confuses her words, or belly laughs, or tries to stand or hop on one leg.

I can think and write about all of this now that the painkillers have worn off.

Edited to add – there are more things to write about!

Child Management Program: translate: Parental Behavior Modification Program. We can follow instructions.

The High Cost of Walking. Literally. Now that I’ve had some time away from when the kids couldn’t walk (Gage at 25 months, Quinn around 24 months) I have things to say about using a walker, braces, and most recently orthodics in  Gage’s shoes. There are actually parents who don’t want noticeable aides to help their kids learn to walk. I have some comments about that too, while I’m at it.