Hi Guys,
Well, it has been kind of quiet on the list lately so I thought that I’d
just give you a little update on how things are going for my family
lately.
Chris did a 21-day trial of a drug specifically for A.D.H.D. Called,
Conserta, and it didn’t do much, but make him tired so he is off it
again. The doctor told him, "obviously, you don’t have a medical
condition, it’s all you." Did you ever feel like screaming, "I told you
so!" I will say this though, while Chris was on the Conserta, his lack of
energy was a blessing of sorts. We had so little sibling rivalry for
three weeks! It didn’t help him with his concentration though, which was
the big thing.
He’s still claiming to be a vegetarian, but I think it’s closer to a
carbroholic or something, if there could be such a word or condition. He
still doesn’t like to eat meat; he just doesn’t want to eat vegies
either. I guess that he does have a salad for lunch, at school, but he
won’t go near the greens here at home. I’m trying to just restrict what
comes into the house to limit his choices at this point.
Chris started group therapy with about five other boys two weeks ago.
It’s hard to tell if he is getting anything out of it. If he were, I
doubt that he would let us know.
I think that he is finally getting desperate enough financially to look
for a job. We’ve just explained to him that our funds are limited and
that, at his age, he is capable of helping to support himself, he just
has to get out there and try. I think that it finally hit home the other
night when he wanted to go to a hockey game with some friends, but he
didn’t have any money. He asked us if he could go and we said, yes." Then
he asked us for money and we said, "no. He’s experiencing the weaning
process. If we had a prayer in this area it would be that he could find a
job for no more then ten hours a week to start so that he isn’t
overwhelmed by the time demand or by having an abundance of money and
begin to feel powerful in a whole new way.
Also, he has begun to show an interest in the guitar so I’ve been
teaching him a few chords for starters. Of course, I will only teach him
praise choruses and he, right now, can’t wait to get good enough to break
away and do his own thing, but tough.
One final note. Do you remember those stupid magic cards that created all
the trouble at the end of last month? Well, Greg and I really prayed
about it a lot. Greg finally sat down with Matt and Chris and learned the
game. Finally, we decided to remove all the black cards and give them
back to Christopher after his grounding period was over. Well, before I
gave them back to Chris, I remember Phil talking about taking Gretchen’s
purse and praying over it so I did the same with the cards. I basically
prayed that whatever foothold that the devil had hoped to gain through
this entry point would be broken and that Jesus would cover those cards
and break Chris’s interest in them. Later that day, I handed the cards to
Chris, but I let him know that they had been prayed over. He hasn’t used
them since. IN fact, he has told me that he thinks that they are stupid.
Now, I do wonder if part of his disinterest is due to the fact that it is
a very complicated game and he isn’t mastering it very well, but I really
believe that it is all the prayer in this situation that has made the
difference. Thanks again for praying everybody.
We are still taking Chris to court March 23 and none of us have any idea
what to expect then. He has patched the holes in the walls, but he also
made one new one last week when he got mad at me, and that was when he
was on the Conserta too! I think that we still have some drywall left
over. I have told him that I expect the hole to get fixed. Ah, the ups
and downs of teenage life.
Also, Phil and Sandy, I’m just praying with all my heart that this
situation will work for Gretchen. Maybe she is finally with people who
really know what to do because they have been there. I pray that this is
so. Your family is so in my prayers.
In Christ,
Kathy

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