Day Two

[AJM]

Like watching grass grow? Hang on then. Sometimes I find it more like watching paint dry, crack and peel...without a sound track.

I imagine it is frustrating, LT. I can understand how your children felt though and why anger was the first thought. They are worried about their mother and were led to believe you were the cause of the issue. And here you are back in the picture. That should trigger all kinds of problems for the kids, don't you think?

You already know this, but your W needs professional help. No question about that. So your kids are left with trying to understand what's going on. They get pieces of the story, and then get hit with these "gems" that crop up. Which further fuels the concern, anxiety, and worry. They are not thinking their mom is "crazy" because they were fed a story which satiated them at the time. Now they are being told that she doesn't remember saying that? How to make sense of that?

You are the rock in this picture. And the guiding force for them follow through. That's important and your place as a parent, but hard for them to adjust to one of you doing that. But you have to admit - for them it's even harder than it is for you because they are watching their mom, somebody they trust implicitly, wobble all over the place.

Has your W been evaluated as part of the s attempts? What did they say about what's going on?


AJ