Skip to content

Monthly Archives: October 2009

Happy Halloween

Saturday, October 31, 2009

So, normally I really love Halloween.
I love the costumes, the candy, the whole fantasy piece of it and the fall feel of it.
This year, however, things are a little different.
A couple of weeks ago I lost one of my favorite relatives in the world to heart disease. She was young – not even retirement [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Filed in Uncategorized | | Comments Off

Bipolar Support Blogspot

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

At the point when Rye was actually diagnosed, one of the things I would do is stay up at night and obsessively scour the internet looking for blogs from parents of bipolar children.
I was looking to find out…What is it like? What is going to be in our future? What are the gritty [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Filed in General Bipolar, Resources | Tagged , | Comments (1)

The Walrus And The Carpenter

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

“The time has come,” the Walrus said,
“To talk of many things:
Of shoes – and ships – and sealing wax -
Of cabbages – and kings -
And why the sea is boiling hot -
And whether pigs have wings.”
- Lewis Carroll from “Through the Looking Glass”

This is one of the poems we read Saturday night by our fire.
I [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Filed in Uncategorized | | Comments Off

Starry, Starry Night

Monday, October 26, 2009

To change things up a bit this weekend we decided to camp out in the backyard. Admittedly, I did try to convince Don and Rye that we should go somewhere a little more adventurous but I guess with how rocky things have been the past few months Rye was happy to stay in the [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Filed in Uncategorized | | Comments (1)

Today’s Tom Sawyer

Saturday, October 24, 2009

So, while Rye and I were taking the day off awaiting the impending hospitalization that was sure to come any minute from the swine flu, I decided we should engage in a time-honored tradition in our house. I pick out a movie that I like and force Rye to watch it with me in [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Filed in Uncategorized | | Comments Off

Right Here In River City

Friday, October 23, 2009

So, Rye has been doing well that past few days and things have been smooth sailing.
Until last night that is… Here’s how it all went down.
The evening begins with a pleasant enough dinner, some jovial family discussion, some TV watching, some computer time, etc, etc. We all go to bed at a [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Filed in Uncategorized | | Comments Off

More Energy, Please

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Being new to the whole blog thing, I have to admit that I have been slightly obsessive about checking my bloggerific blog. I look at it a ridiculous amount of times a day. I mean, let’s face it, I’m not really comfortable with this world yet and I need to make sure [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Filed in Uncategorized | | Comments Off

Mellow Melodies

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

So, back at the homestead…
We’ve had a bit of a rough few days here due to me deciding that Abilify was the cause of some problems and thus discontinuing it and going sans meds for a few days. Big mistake. After about 3 days Rye was back to that side of crazy (our [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Filed in Uncategorized | | Comments Off

An Unquiet Mind

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

So, the eternal question with Early Onset Bipolar Disorder is, how do you know? How do you know this is really what you child has? This is how I knew.

About the same time Rye started to exhibit behavior that was beyond what we were used to seeing, something in me prompted me to [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Filed in Books, General Bipolar, Mania | Tagged , , | Comments Off

The Trap

Monday, October 19, 2009

So, I am up in the middle of the night worrying about what comes next. We have a situation in our lives that we are having to work through and by God, it just wears me out. It’s a trap. Here’s how it goes.
A good portion of Rye’s stability depends on [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Filed in Background Info, General Bipolar, SSI | Tagged , | Comments Off

The Report Card

Sunday, October 18, 2009

You won’t see many posts like this from me as normally I don’t brag on these things at all. In fact, for those of who whose kids who really struggle in school, you know there is more often than not a ton of “normal” accolades to brag on in this area. However, we [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Filed in IEPs, Special Education | Tagged , , , | Comments Off