EKjourney Backup

My Uncle Bob died at the end of July, quite unexpectedly.  He had a somewhat tragic life...he was a young man full of promise as a gifted musician and gymnast.  He became schizophrenic in his very early 20's...who knows quite why...perhaps the combination of the stress of the Vietnam war, his best friend's brother killed in Vietnam, the drug life the 60's was "famous" for, or some other traumatic event that occurred during some of his travels.  I never knew that Bob.  I knew the Bob from my childhood whose schizophrenia led to violent episodes that I witnessed and then the Bob who had stabilized but was not the easiest person to be around due to his difficulty in social situations and some of the unusual behaviors and ideas caused by his mental disease.  I think I can say for all of my family members...we could have loved just a little better, been a little more patient, a little more grace giving, a little more compassionate.  But Bob was Bob and Bob was f...

We now have 4 out of 5 children tested for dyslexia.  It is of the opinion of the tester that Jubilee is mildly dyslexic but the test results won't be able to prove it.  Evi is certainly dyslexic.  Brighton is profoundly dyslexic.  I will get the test results and scores once they have been processed.  Glorielle will be tested in the spring and she will test dyslexic.  We also talked about ADD/ADHD.  I wouldn't have really thought much about this.  The children I have experience with this diagnosis were wild and out of control.  However, my mild mannered, sweet, people pleaser is not just a "space cadet" as I have sometimes thought her to be rather she is ADD.  Brighton would be ADHD.  Sawyer may be ADD as well.  When I took the adult screening of ADD/ADHD I test very high for ADD.  Never would I have thought that in a million years that I was ADD.  It is interesting to all of the sudden have the puzzle pieces to my li...