News

Ok, big news! I start Dental Assistant classes on Monday! In 8 months or so I will start my externship at a Dental office for 300 hours...then graduation! I am so stoked! Anyhow, that is my little bit of news.

Onto the situation at school with Elijah. I went in that next day and spoke with the teacher and principle and they assured me that this kid wasn't violent, and that he didn't know how to express himself, had to get to the bathroom, and Elijah and another kid were in the way, so they both got shoved hard. So, I let it go with their assurance that he wasn't going to harm anyone

Fast forward to just about 5 minutes ago...Elijah told me that this boy....we will call him Jason....sat on another kid, then got up and kicked him. Now to me that sounds violent....I am going to talk to the school again, I think he needs to be removed. Elijah told me he is scared of him. That just isn't right.

I will update more as I get more info on that.

Birthday News....Elijah's 8th Birthday Party is this coming Sunday, Oct 19 at 2:30pm. Yay! We will be having a Pirate Party! ARRRGGG!

Reminder....we have a Halloween COSTUME party October 31st....we are going to do some trick or treating before, then party afterwards. Email me if you didn't get an invite and want to go.

Also, for my scrapbooking friends that haven't already signed up for the Fall Scrapbook Retreats R Us Crop, Please sign up now at Scrapbookretreats.us There are still openings! It is a great group of ladies, and it will be a weekend full of fun!

Also, I will be selling some of my scrapbooking stuff, email me if you are interested.

Anyhow, ta ta for now!

Elijah's School

   

    OK, I know I tend to over react and fly off the handle....but I am pretty dang upset.  Here is why...
Ever since Elijah started at this new school, he has been saying he loves it...."except for the boy that hurts him."   Well, He says this is a 'crazy boy' that doesn't talk.  His teachers told me this kid is autistic.   Well, this kid hits, pushes and kicks Elijah and the other kids in the classroom.

I thought that the school had taken care of it, they said they separated the boy from Elijah.  Well, apparently not.  During Math class, this boy flips out for no apparent reason and shoves Elijah into a metal cabinet, scraping up his arm pretty bad and really upsetting Elijah.  I am sure Elijah wailed...because that is just Elijah.

Well, I didn't find out about it until I was in line at the school in my car to pick up Elijah when the principle walks up to the car to talk to me.  He proceeds to tell me about what this kid did…I asked him…was it something Elijah did….NO, it wasn't…he just flipped out and they are trying to figure out what causes it and why he is doing it.

In the meantime, my son is at risk.  Christian is even worried, he said to me…."What if this boy flips out  again while holding scissors or something sharp?"    Wow, even my 12 yr old is worried for his brother and the other kids.

My first impulse is to want to press charges on this kid for bodily harm/assault.  But again, he is a kid.  Is the school liable?  The parents?    I want to be assured my son is safe at school from being assaulted by this kid. 

Tomorrow I have a dental appointment in the morning, then I am going to go back into the school and ask the principle what he plans to do about the situation, cause I am so not comfortable with it.

In my opinion…this kid should be removed from the class and worked with one on one or go to another school specializing in kids with those certain needs or kids that need to be separated from the main school population.

 

Advice anyone?  Below are the pictures of Elijah's arm…taken a few hours after school.

A second grader shouldn't have to deal with this kind of abuse!!!  I can only imagine Elijah's stress considering he has Generalized Anxiety Disorder!!!

Marriage and Friendship

I was thinking about Marriage and Friendship today, and realized my dear and darling husband is my BESTEST FRIEND in the whole wide world. Not just a friendship built over the 14 years we have spent together, but a friendship from the very beginning.

Of course I have my girlfriends...but those friendships are built different. I think friendship is one of the links that holds a good marriage together.

If you start to lose the friendship in your marriage, then eventually the trust and communication go as well....then what is left? Nothing but a piece of paper saying you are married and maybe the fact that you happen to be the parents of the same children.

If you stop being a friend to someone you have called a friend...what happens? You grow apart...you don't call....you stop talking....the friendship ends because you neglected the friendship you had. You can blame the other person, but when it comes down to it...did you do all you could do to stay this persons friend? Did you honor them, trust them and listen to them, and value them? Regardless of whether they did what they could as a friend....did you do your part?

So, I say to you...if you think that your marriage may not being working for you because you married your "friend"...that is not the answer...the truth be told....you stopped being friends and that is where things started to go wrong.

Marriage and Friendship go hand in hand...you can't have a great marriage without friendship with your spouse....if you were married to a person you couldn't call your friend...you are left either married to a stranger or an enemy. Am I making sense?

Are you being a great friend to your spouse? Are you being a great friend to your friends? Something to think about.

Thanks for reading my thoughts on friendship and marriage.