David Journal

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  • Released

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    Everyone, including Laura, indicated that the family meeting today want what they had expected. Laura talked about the work she had done, the triggers she had identified, the supports she needed to make use of etc. but we had all anticipated more concrete plans of how she would keep herself safe. That difference made my…

  • Ready to reunite

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    The sucursal worker called late this afternoon to tell me that they feel Laura is ready to return home and to schedule a family meeting. We will meet tomorrow at 11:30 add expect her to come home afterward. Now the real work begins to make changes.

  • Family meetings

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    Today was marked by a series of family meetings. I had individual meetings with each of the four oldest kids to discuss solutions to problems that they identified. It went very smoothly with Savannah and Mariah (unsurprisingly) but not quite so smoothly with Isaac and Alyssa. Of I had guessed I would probably have guessed…

  • Growing understanding

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    I finally got to visit Laura tonight. She seems happy and peaceful. I had been warned before going in by both Laura (strong hints on phone calls) and Becca (directly) that Laura would want to talk about sending Alyssa to live elsewhere and that she was very much stuck on that action. I braced myself…

  • False alarm

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    With all my skepticism yesterday I was happy to have my fears assuaged today as Laura assured me that she feels good about her treatment and later as a social worker called me to give me a report on her progress and more importantly to listen to me and get my perspective on this episode…

  • Move to psych ward

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    We had expected that Laura probably would, and later would certainly, spend time in the psych ward after the ICU. Today she finally made that transition. Before that took place (which was after 4pm) Marsha arrived and Laura got to see her, Becca, and (again) Emily as well as Alyssa (because she left school due…

  • Laura is improving

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    Laura has improved greatly today and we have had tons of help from family members, ward members, and friends. First I would like to share the relevant parts of an email that Emily sent to her dad (and subsequently shared with me) which describe the day (she was with Laura for the bulk of her…

  • Shattered

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    After what seemed to me to be an ordinary day, Savannah called me on the way home from work to tell me that Isaac was threatening her with a knife. She locked him out of the house and I expected I would have to deal with that when I got home. As soon as I…

  • Parenting wins

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    I realized tonight that the real parenting wins are the ones that look utterly unspectacular. For example, tonight I got to chat with Mariah as she made a couple of tortillas with meat and cheese since we didn’t really have a proper dinner. It would look pretty much like a normal conversation but it built…

  • New Stake Presidency

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    President Barlow called to preside over the Quito Ecuador mission (leaving in July). Stake Presidency reorganized. Doug Monson is the new second counselor. President Jackson Jesus commanded His disciples to spiritually separated from the world (to avoid being corrupted by the world) while remaining in the world to be a light, a leaven, and salt…