I thought I should give a update on my personal life and whats been going on with me and my children. Ive been busy preparing for the upcoming holidays. I have Christmas and Thanksgiving at my house with all my family. I already have my tree up and my house looks like Christmas is coming tomorrow, I have to be prepared because we have 8 kids and 7 of which live with us plus young nieces and nephews so Christmas takes months for us to prepare for. (Honestly I started shopping every sale right after Christmas last year) This year I wanted a Disney themed Christmas so I made over 30 ornaments out of Disney characters. Recently my oldest son Dustin decided he wanted to join the wrestling team, so we now have a full schedule of practices and matches. Hailey is in band so we have a few upcoming concerts. My 5 and 6 yr olds are both in kindergarten this year so every night we have to practice reading and getting homework done. LaShawn (6yr old) who we took from his mother about 6 months ago is having a lot of issues and is a handful with constant whining and misbehaviors, we are having some testing done on him later this week. Then theres Raiden who has been on a variety of different meds over the past 5 years and now we have taken him off of everything except clonidine at night so he will sleep. He is doing ok, Im not sure how long it will last but we will see. Im not for or against meds, but with Raiden I think if we can manage him without meds its better for him. He is very high strung we have to watch him closely to make sure we stay 5 steps ahead of any potential trouble and its a 24/7 job. He is very hyper and easily set into over dramatic mode, so we have to be very careful with him. So far when he has been ready for a complete meltdown we have been able to talk him down, but its a team effort. One thing I know for sure is I have no idea what our future holds, Im not sure from one day to the next if Raiden will be ok or if he will flip out. Im just taking things day by day hour by hour and minute by minute. We deal with each problem and complication as it comes. I dont have the answers, I get very tired very frustrated and have been at the end of my rope more times than I can count, but Im still pushing forward. I still have hope and faith that we will all get through all of our struggles if we dont give up. So when you get to the point you feel like you just cant take anymore, remember to take a break rethink the situation 100 times if you have to, and keep pushing forward. When something doesnt work after a fair chance dont give up try a new approach. My thoughts and love are with you all! ~ Malena~
Posted on: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 13:32:25 +0000
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