Life right now

I’m sitting with my daughter at the table asking her to take each individual bite. This is ADHD. Sighhhh. It takes about an hour for any medication to start working for her, and today is the first day we are trying something new to help her anxiety as well as her ADHD. I really hope this works. I have been trying to get her on something for her anxiety (counseling wasn’t helping) for a year now. I, myself, started anxiety medication on Friday so I am really hopeful that with the two of us on the medicine we need, that we can start having a better relationship. We have done nothing but yell at one another it seems for the last year. She’s seven and I’m 35 and with neither one of us handling our stress well, we haven’t been handling ourselves very well. The gym and writing is how I dealt with my anxiety but going to the gym seems nearly impossible with another special needs child who doesn’t play well with kids. I am actually considering getting a cardio machine for the house instead of the gym. I love the atmosphere the gym can give me but this town is so small, there usually isn’t very many people there to work with or even chat with during breaks. Which is what I loved about my old gym. It’s been a big adjustment, this move, for all of us. I’m working on it though. I’m please to say that Korben, my son, is also on the path to getting what he needs as well. He was evaluated for special needs at the school district here, yesterday. I’m pretty sure he qualifies, which is great. He needs the social interaction apart from his sister who doesn’t handle working with others well, either. His vocabulary has exploded since moving here, but his cognitive communication is still lacking. He’s still a smart little guy though He doesn’t play games, so you only see it when he wants to show you. Don’t ask him what color that crayon is, he’ll tell you when he feels like it. LOL

I know this isn’t writing related, but I know some people, writers included, can relate. Love you all and be kind to one another, as Ellen says. :)