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A Summer Of Hard Lessons

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Well, I’ll tell you, Rye and I were talking yesterday and I’m pretty sure that someday he will look back on this summer and see it as one of the more defining times in his life.  The kid is really having to learn some really difficult life lessons right now.  And it’s not easy.  In [...]

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Therapy: Do The Right Thing

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

I like the therapist.  I like him a lot.
It’s interesting, though.  He is very much a behavior based therapist.  In other words,  he minimizes the effect of medicines as he believes they don’t control you.  You control yourself, regardless of medication.  Now, as much as I would like to believe this is wholly and completely [...]

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Camping Weekend

Monday, June 28, 2010

Don, Rye and I went tent camping this weekend.  It was a lot of fun and Rye’s first time tent camping of actually sleeping in the tent overnight.   Don couldn’t participate in any of the swimming activities as he had an incision on his back from a dermatology appointment but on Saturday Rye and I [...]

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Amusement Park Love

Friday, June 25, 2010

Rye, Gam and I went to the amusement park near us yesterday.  It was at least one hundred thousand degrees outside but we had a really good time nonetheless.  I suppose due to the excruciating heat the park was fairly empty so we got to just about walk onto all of the rides.
Super nice!
Gam stuck [...]

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The Boy Beneath The Mask

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The boy beneath the mask
Is not as he may seem
An illusion to the world
Himself left to redeem
The path from which he
Once had veered
Now in the mirror
Is closer than appeared
The road is long
And winding yet
But others are watching
Helping his step
The boy will find his way
In life
He will be happy, healthy
Despite forthcoming strife
He is a mystery
To those [...]

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Two More Years And I’ll Be Driving

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

This is what I was told yesterday.
Oh dear.
Although on the one hand I can completely understand this great and carnal desire to drive a car, as I had it myself at a young age, on the other hand I wonder…am I going to have to have a blow by blow account of the countdown to [...]

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Sunday Review, A Day Late

Monday, June 21, 2010

Well, I’m happy to say things are going well here.  We had a good weekend and a really nice Father’s Day.  Rye and I got Don some good steaks and some nice wine and we grilled out and swam in the pool, worked in the garden and overall had a really nice day.
At the end [...]

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Friday

Friday, June 18, 2010

Well, apparently Rye has been doing really well is having a blast on his fishing trip.  They have been fishing, crabbing and clamming and he has sounded really good each time Don or I have talked to him.  Apparently the trained staff at the psych hospital can’t handle him without drugging him to death or [...]

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The Therapist

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

I liked him.
He is an older man.  A psychologist (PhD).  And has over 30 years of experience.  He has a very relaxed energy, seemed very confident in what he does and was very personable.   He seemed to be of the ‘been there, done that’ variety and displayed an ease of the soul that comes only [...]

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The Beach

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

In true Rye fashion, we never sit and dwell on things for too long.
He was home one day, told his tales of the hospital to his Paw-Paw and processed it with him, and his Paw-Paw invited him (and his other grandson who is Rye’s age) to go to the beach for a few days.  Bags [...]

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The Psychiatric Hospital: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Monday, June 14, 2010

Well, it’s been 2 weeks and we are now home from Rye’s inpatient hospitalization.  What a ride this has all been.  In fact, we got home yesterday and my head is still spinning and I’m not even sure I can write a decent post.  But here goes…
What was good about the hospital?

It seems to have [...]

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