Fieldtrip

 This week I was able to go on a field trip with Al’s class and today I am doing lunch duty for each of the boys.

The power of words

 L is often cold at church.  L's white church shirts often get stained.  I got him this gingham shirt thinking it would solve these 2 problems.  On Sunday I asked him if he wanted the white short sleeve or the long sleeve one.  He told me he preferred the short sleeves until he read the label of this shirt.  Words are powerful.  

It reminds me of the scene in "Emperor's New Groove".  "Do you want the path of righteousness or the path that rocks?!"

L is doing so well.  His new medication has resolved his behavior issues.  He still has academic struggles but those can be addressed now that he isn't chewing on scissors, and hitting people.  His reports home are all smiles.  He has such a tender heart, part of the emotional regulation that sometimes ends in trouble.  He misses people painfully.  I'm so grateful that he has a stable home with parents and siblings filling his heart with love.  I'm so grateful that we know his diagnosis early so we can stop thinking he is lazy or doing things he could control.