tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916782536472572714.post7964165670094790389..comments2023-10-12T11:50:51.254-04:00Comments on Life in the Grateful House: Giving It AllLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16146320008307628429noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916782536472572714.post-80879527022762976022013-03-26T09:32:07.795-04:002013-03-26T09:32:07.795-04:00Someone just directed me here. Thank-you!! I GET h...Someone just directed me here. Thank-you!! I GET how to do tapping now!!Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198082344456465490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916782536472572714.post-75454733712326376242012-04-09T12:01:44.580-04:002012-04-09T12:01:44.580-04:00Finally de-lurking...You and J are both awesome an...Finally de-lurking...You and J are both awesome and amazing! I love reading your blog and you both inspire me so much! Thank you for sharing! <br />-Lauren D.Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07793521766015868439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916782536472572714.post-51088122276000359752012-04-06T03:55:40.834-04:002012-04-06T03:55:40.834-04:00Dang. I get this day. I have had them alot. I us...Dang. I get this day. I have had them alot. I used to stand out on my back deck and scream. I had a neighbor call the cops once. I so wanted to ask them to take him for awhile - but I didn't. It is like I say, these kids break us - we all break. It is how we choose to go on that matters. <br /><br />My son was so out there we all thought our only path was to a lockdown facility. And he was five. Many doctors wouldn't even attempt to treat him. <br /><br />I lost what was my life before him. I became a different person. And then one day he began to get a little better. Yeah, yeah, he still screams he hates me but he also has a lot of good moments. He has been suspended from school this week for truely outrageous behavior but he is not the child I once knew.<br /><br />Love takes time. And it happens on the schedule of the child, not ours. Alex told me recently that he did all those things that literally made me insane because he was scared - so scared. <br /><br />The better mom I was the more scared he bacame. Alex, my son, the miracle boy told me that himself. <br /><br />So, just breathe. And tap. And love. Find a place to still be yourself. The kid pushes you away and drives you to the brink to see what you will do. Will you stop loving? That what my son told me. It is prue fear at a primal level for our kids. They may never come out of their self-imposed emotional cage but they still need us to be there. As one therapist told me, them being in the cage and us on the outside being tortured may be the best they can endure. <br /><br />We did not wire our kids or the way they have had to survive trauma. We simply love them - the survivors.<br /><br />So get angry, get mad - be okay with having no more patience. Tomorrow will be a new day. Just breathe.<br /><br />And then bake them cookies, refuse to impose consequences and try to tell them all the amazing things they do. I will even make things up. Ignore the bad and icky. Try to cry outside of line of sight. <br /><br />I will keep you in my prayers. <br /><br />p.s. Alot of the trauma kids regress at 10 or 11 for reasons not entirely known. My son turns 10 soon and I have him back in therapy even though things seem okay for now. When that geyser of insanity blows I want staff on hand. I am just the mom - I need help from the crazy people docs. :) <br /><br />p.p.s. - Remember to love yourself. Everything you think or feel is valid. You are simply overriding your own self-preservation instincts because you decided to love a survivor. That is a gift. <br />Take care and god bless.Mama Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07053747882279682433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916782536472572714.post-51665446138100006262012-04-05T20:35:11.724-04:002012-04-05T20:35:11.724-04:00don't think my first comment worked.
so the s...don't think my first comment worked.<br /><br />so the short version is:<br /><br />THANKS L for posting this. I vote for leaving it up!!<br /><br />:) thanks for the message earlier today. I needed it."Lil Ol' Me"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02432507111794692581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916782536472572714.post-38089382879955607652012-04-04T14:52:18.944-04:002012-04-04T14:52:18.944-04:00Thank you, there's no substitute for learning ...Thank you, there's no substitute for learning and trying something new than seeing someone who knows showing you how {} You got this house hold tapping!Rangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09060152264532412516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916782536472572714.post-19010421607884917662012-04-04T14:01:36.511-04:002012-04-04T14:01:36.511-04:00You are so beautiful!
Thank you!You are so beautiful! <br /><br />Thank you!Kristinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15401725929395230941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916782536472572714.post-17564015424150811372012-04-04T08:33:30.334-04:002012-04-04T08:33:30.334-04:00I may or may not have said, child, you sucked the ...I may or may not have said, child, you sucked the nothing out of me 6 months ago. <br />You are so right, there needs to be a word that expresses the exhaustion- frustration- pisser job!The Accidental Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00409271721074309249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916782536472572714.post-63406863341378774812012-04-04T06:23:10.184-04:002012-04-04T06:23:10.184-04:00"My child is deficient in the appreciation fi..."My child is deficient in the appreciation field" LOL I LOVE that part!! Perfect! And THANK YOU again! Tapping is so much easier with your voice. Please leave the video up. <3Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05912402504550789439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916782536472572714.post-42946003829850622842012-04-04T00:42:45.061-04:002012-04-04T00:42:45.061-04:00Oh girl. Once again you have given me and all of u...Oh girl. Once again you have given me and all of us a much needed gift. Thank. You. So. Freaking. Much. <br />Mwah!aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439928134711253939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916782536472572714.post-22091466977755916372012-04-04T00:41:24.890-04:002012-04-04T00:41:24.890-04:00Oh girl. Again you have given me and all of us a m...Oh girl. Again you have given me and all of us a much needed gift. Thank. You. So. Freaking. Much.aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439928134711253939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916782536472572714.post-63054197810324751932012-04-03T23:18:57.196-04:002012-04-03T23:18:57.196-04:00Thank you for being brave and for being YOU. Love ...Thank you for being brave and for being YOU. Love you and miss you awful....Mama Drama Times Twohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04935810256080795505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916782536472572714.post-60996304649207529092012-04-03T22:36:31.716-04:002012-04-03T22:36:31.716-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.RV Puzzledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07622530864223498514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916782536472572714.post-22563258829487275542012-04-03T22:36:04.582-04:002012-04-03T22:36:04.582-04:00Thank you for being vulnerable enough to post this...Thank you for being vulnerable enough to post this. I needed it. So many of us needed it. You are wonderful and SO appreciated. xoxoRV Puzzledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07622530864223498514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916782536472572714.post-48301576192444185452012-04-03T22:18:02.731-04:002012-04-03T22:18:02.731-04:00I so so so so so so so LOVE YOU.
This post is exac...I so so so so so so so LOVE YOU.<br />This post is exactly where i am at today. I miss you, I miss your voice...love you Lisa.Lindsay Mama to Ninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246028855946874766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916782536472572714.post-41760577415748860102012-04-03T22:15:57.445-04:002012-04-03T22:15:57.445-04:00hearing your voice made my awful, horrible, no goo...hearing your voice made my awful, horrible, no good, very bad day so much better. Thank you.stellarparenting.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975942737904876508noreply@blogger.com