Grateful Journal

From Orange Tangerine via Bitch PhD:
Oprah Winfrey recommends keeping a “grateful journal” in which you “list five things that happened this day that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change your perspective of your day and your life. If you can learn to focus on what you have, you will [...]

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A lightbulb goes on?

I was speaking to the principal at Critter’s school yesterday regarding stuff with Critter.  She thinks Critter is a delightful child and she relishes the fact that he goes out of his way to make sure he says hello to her each day.  But I digress.  She did mention that Critter is a bit reckless [...]

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Hope?

I received a reply from my email of yesterday.  It appears Critter will be getting a new PT and a meeting will be set when he starts.  I hope he is more positive.  Critter, in the last week, has gone from very positive to very negative.  The school would say that’s because he can’t keep [...]

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(non)Update

I have yet to hear anything from Mrs. K regarding a meeting with Miss J, the physical therapist, about Critter and his crutches.  I sent the following email this morning:
Last week you mentioned that you were going to talk to Justine regarding Christopher’s crutches.  I asked to be in on that conversation, but haven’t heard [...]

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What kind of woman am I?

I work at a hospital.  The employee parking lot, while is technically close enough to get to by walking, normally requires a shuttle bus.  So, I am on the shuttle bus last evening when we stop and just sit there.  I’m thinking “wtf”.  I want to get home so I can change and get to [...]

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Why is it?

Why is it that every parent who knows Critter, especially those who see him in the classroom setting, say he “get’s it” when his teachers swear up and down he doesn’t? I know some of it has to do with the fact that teachers are trained to look for different things but come on, [...]

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Friday is fun day

I am still disappointed by the proclimation made by Critter’s teacher on Wednesday that they would decide what mobility tool he uses in school but I got a bit of encouraging news – from Critter. He told me yesterday that Ms. J said he only needed to use his walker to go to the [...]

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What is hard…

A former doctor of Critter’s once told me, erroneously, that every moment is not a therapy moment.  Not only is every moment a therapy moment but every moment ends up being sucked up by dealing with the school system.  Or so I feel.  And I feel guilty when someone asks me if I’ve done thus [...]

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And so it begins

Critter has worked very hard this summer to use his crutches. I knew there would be challenges the first few days of school as he learned to use them in a new environment. What I didn’t expect (but should have) was this email (words in brackets indicate editing of the email to protect [...]

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Resurrecting the blog

I am officially resurecting Musings of Critter’s Mom on WordPress. After Critter’s first day of school I realized I was going to need a place to rant. We had a wonderful summer, mostly because we temporarily didn’t have to deal with the public school system and their apparent inability to help a child [...]

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