Tag: Ezra
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In case we needed confirmation
We kept Ezra home from school Tuesday and Wednesday to ensure that he didn’t have to deal with the aggressive boys who kept wanting to fight him until we had talked with the school. WE let him go yesterday because we were talking to the school that morning and I felt good about where we…
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My new license plate
When I got a letter from the state with a temporary operating permit for my new car I assumed the plate would take a couple more weeks to arrive. Imagine my surprise to see a license plate sized envelope on my table I knew immediately it was my new plate. When I was getting ready…
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Moving forward
I got news today that my latest oil leak would be another $1800 fix—as if I needed more incentive to just get a new car—so I declined getting it fixed. I’m focused on my car shopping. I drove a 2024 Honda Civic today and a 2023 Toyota Camry. I was surprised to realize that I…
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Spinning out
Ezra went out of control bearing on the house with his feet, a shovel, a hammer, and a rake. He told me would go to Vantage Point rather than settle down but when I started driving him he jumped out of the back of the van while I was backing out of the driveway. He…
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An auspicious beginning
Tonight as we were getting ready for dinner Enoch came to me to ask me for help with his math. He acknowledged that he is largely two years behind because of basically ignoring school for 7th and 8th grades. I thought it was promising that he brought it up proactively and that he was patient…
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Starting tennis
Yesterday Ezra agreed to join the tennis team as his school activity. Today Noah decided he would do tennis as well. Better than that, Ezra and I bought him a racquet and went to a tennis court to practice hitting the ball. By the time the evening was done I had registered both of them…
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A very quiet day
With only two of the younger kids at home today it was very quiet. I was able to get a lot of good work done. When the therapist called from Vantage Point he said that Ezra was being more cooperative than at his previous visit and that it seems Ezra sees Vantage Point as a…
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Back to Vantage Point
Ezra got mad that Laura was allowing Noah to get media tomorrow that he had already earned so he hit Noah and left the house. I locked the doors behind him. After I had let him back into the house he left and walked to Vantage Point. When they called and asked if he should…
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Ezra is home
I went to pick Ezra up from Vantage Point this afternoon. I was happy to hear that he really likes the therapist there so he is very willing to continue therapy with him for the next three months—that alone is a great blessing. Ezra keeps saying that he wants to go back to Vantage Point,…
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Good news and bad news
The first news we got from Vantage Point this morning was the Ezra had torn apart his room and even used a rock to destroy the camera in the room. At that point they weren’t even certain if he would cooperate enough to be able to remain. Thankfully in the afternoon the therapist called after…