Kathy,
This is probably old hat considerations, but I'd be remiss knowing it and
not suggesting. Have yawl had Chris's nutritional and mineral balances
checked. E. G. Calcium and Magnesium can be low in folks today, they take
supplements but if not taken right they do no good. Those two for instance
need to be ingested together to be effective and can lead to insomnia,
achy joints and even from I've heard, attributed to ADDHD diagnosis. How is
his sugar? His diet? So much can be attributed to nutritional lack and
although it doesn't always do it, it has been known in itself, to handle
people's problems which they've had for years. Thought I'd mention it. Some
counselor's acknowledge nutrition and some pass it off and focus more on
the noggin issues. But as we know we are spirit beings, with a mind living
in a body. If one is off it effects the others.
OK Got to go... late for heading out the door for out of town meetings this
weekend.
Bless yas and keeping ya in prayer.
Brad
Brad
At 10/24/2003 on Friday, you wrote:
>HI Brad,
>You are so on target with your comments on chris. I do still try to
>continue to encourage his artistic interests, but right now he doesn't
>think that art is cool. I've shared with him how I would use art, in my
>case music, as a way of escape and finding peace and re-collecting
>myself. I suppose that he gets some artistic venting as he works on his
>shed in the back yard. Also, he does build models of guns out of duct
>tape and cardboard and popsycle sticks, but that isn't the direction that
>I would like to see him go. Suggesting something other, however, becomes
>another opportunity for him to just say "no," so I end up doing a lot of
>praying.
>I'm not overly concerned about his, "dead brain," comments yet. Yes,
>Chris has self esteem issues, but I think that it is his way of playing
>with the concept to try it on and get used to it. Perhaps you did
>something similar when you learned that you would be losing your vision
>or learned why you are losing your vision. What chris said last night to
>us is that learning about this has provided a lot of answers for him
>about why he is so different than the rest of us. He was making some
>pretty healthy comments about knowing that he can't use this knowledge as
>an excuse for his behavior, but he recognizes too that he will have to
>work harder at gaining controll of himself. He also seemed to be making
>more positive comments about continuing with Eric last night, but we'll
>just have to wait and see.
>One of our biggest disappointments for chris has been that he has not
>been able to take an art class this year at his new school. That was his
>favorite class last year because he was with other creative kids, but
>this year, being the new kid and all, he couldn't get into any art
>classes because they were already full. We practicly begged them to find
>room for him, but they weren't concerned. This school doesn't seem to
>have much concern for chris anyway. If it weren't for us staying so
>involved, I can see how he could slip through the cracks very easily.
>Yes, chris is talented. Greg and I often remark that if anyone in our
>family is going to get somewhere it will be him. We recognize this about
>him, but we want him to choose the right direction in which to travel.
>IN Him,
>Kathy
>
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