off the rails

It feels like everything with M is up in the air and going off the rails. His ODD is really rearing it's ugly head these days. Last Wednesday he got suspended from school for assaulting another kid (apparently it's not the first time he's pushed this kid). Then on Friday I got home from work, …

and so it continues

It's been ages since I've felt like writing anything. I think part of it is because once I start, writing almost becomes an all-consuming obsession and I just don't want to go into that place again. I don't even really write to T anymore because the answers are never enough. Not that he doesn't try …

family matters

So my aunt, the one whose house I used to go to when I was smaller, is in the hospital with congestive heart failure. My mom doesn't seem to think she'll last too long. Most of me doesn't care, but a small part of me does. Not too long ago my uncle, her husband, was …

still here, still struggling

Well, here we are again. Trying to patiently wait for something we aren't quite sure even exists. Life is hard, yet we continue to put one foot in front of the other. Perhaps our will to live currently outweighs that of dying. We've been trying to be more honest in therapy and it's hard. The …

Him

I never quite know how to start talking about my father. February 1st will be 12 years since he died and I always thought a huge weight would be lifted off of my shoulders once he was gone. It hasn't happened that way though. Perhaps a part of me felt we could pretend a little …

voicemail

Well today feels like it's one that broke the camel's back. I got a voicemail from M and to be honest I'm just not sure how things ever escalated this far. It's obvious from the message his father has been feeding him crap about me but to be 12 years old and have this much …