Tag: Laura
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Articulating a vision
Laura was stuck at home today because she left her keys in the floor of the van last night. She pulled thoughts together from her recovery journal abs infrared that she was ready to look forward toward the future. After some misunderstanding on my part she clarified that she was looking to create a description…
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Pressing forward
At her appointment today Laura talked with her therapist about her living situation and the therapist said that Laura should find a new place to live before they meet next week. As I review my journal I see that I failed to mention on Sunday that Laura’s struggled with Mom’s house led me to suggest…
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Give your very best
I showed the kids the death crawl scene from Facing the Giants and explained to them that even if their best effort was much less than the ability of another they will only be held accountable to their ability. On the other hand no matter how great their ability, of they give up before they…
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Money, money, money
I tried to make the adjustments to our budget for this year only to discover $4000 more debt in the last two months. Upon closer inspection it is all legitimate ($1000 in car repairs for example) but it sure is hard to get ahead like that. We can get it all paid off with minimal…
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Running too fast
We keep relearning this lesson, that Laura can’t stay here. She needs to work on his own issues and not be distracted by the issues at home. We need to work on our issues and bit the complications of having her here among us. By the time Laura left, everyone was in a bad temper…
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Pets
I took the kids for evaluation by a social worker this morning. His conclusion was that unless some of them felt the need for further counseling they didn’t obviously need any. He told the girls that they should not feel obligated to give up their childhood – that they should seek help of they felt…
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New Nanny
After three days of waiting there was a part of me that feared that Chandler would have a change of heart and not show up today. She showed up promptly at 7:15. Emma wanted nothing to do with her but eventually she warmed up to Chandler. She saw how the morning operated and filled out…
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Parental influence
This isn’t meant to tag on Marsha but it illustrates the power that one person can inadvertantly exert on others. Laura was having a good day until she felt shut down by Marsha when she (Laura) complained about something. Soon Savannah came along, having had a good day so far, until she encountered a still-upset…
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Relief for Laura
Today with her counselor Laura finally admitted what she has been to afraid to tell anyone – namely that we have hit our children on occasion and that some of them hit each other as well. She always feared if that was revealed that DCFS would swoop in and break up the family. Instead the…
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Charging ahead
I offered Chandler the position as our nanny this morning and she agreed. She will start on Monday but she will come Friday morning to observe me and see how the morning works. That will also give us time to iron out details like the I-9, pay schedule, etc. I’ve organized everything to keep good…