David Journal

Tag: Alex

  • An important step for Alex

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    Alex finally succeeded in passing the test for his learners permit today. That makes our nightly test practices for the last couple of weeks worth the effort. Now we need to substitute that time with driving hours. Of course Alex learned today that he still has to have his permit for 6 months before he…

  • Conference Saturday

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    It was a good Saturday of conference. I was awake through all the sessions and we had almost no interruption (besides Coup turning off the internet in the middle of the morning session—he stepped on the power cord for the router and jiggled it loose). After the evening session I went for a walk as…

  • Escape hatch

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    I failed to mention yesterday that Alex activated his emotional escape hatch. Over the summer he got my permission to stay with his friend Isaiah if he felt he needed space. He was smart enough to get my okay before he verified with Isaiah’s parents if they were willing. I think he stayed there 1…

  • Persisting as natural man

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    This description from Abinadi sounds just like Alex 5 …He that persists in his own carnal nature, and goes on in the ways of sin and rebellion against God, remaineth in his fallen state and the devil hath all power over him.… 12 Having gone according to their own carnal wills and desires; having never…

  • Reasoning away responsibility

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    There is an important pattern to notice in the logic of the Lamanites. In their thinking they were consistently victims and they always had someone else to blame. That mental process of assigning volition and responsibility to others provides the excuse to abandon moral boundaries. It is important to recognize two things about this pattern…

  • Stumbling blocks

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    I made sure to remind Mickey to go to the DI job interview and then after having out there for over half an hour trying to get the courage to talk to someone Mickey was told that all the managers were in a meeting at that time and Mickey was invited to come back tomorrow.…

  • Surrogate parent

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    Alex informed me that Ezra played a game we have forbidden on Alex’s VR. When I told Ezra that would be a problem he informed me that Enoch had been playing another game that should be equally banned. I brought up to Alex that Enoch was not allowed to play that game and he point…

  • Another recovery

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    After I wrote last night Alex settled down enough to actually talk to me. He told me about an incident earlier in the day where he felt like he was being ignored by Laura (she felt he was chastising her in that earlier exchange). I was able to get him out as he expressed the…

  • Alex is spiraling

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    There’s really not much else to say. He’s sounding like his old self—accusing me of all kinds of things and telling me I’m not listening while refusing to say what it is I’m not listening to. Tonight he’s indicating that he plans to be dead at 18 as soon as he has to be responsible…

  • Buy in required

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    Emma and Ezra have been doing therapy for months and Emma has come to the point where she needs less and less frequent visits. Ezra, on the other hand, is making virtually no progress because he’s not invested in the idea that there’s any reason to live happier. It’s just a real world proof of…