Thursday, January 3, 2008

My ADD son...

Just kidding, but seriously this kid won't be still! It wouldn't be as bad I don't think if he weren't so low, but every time he kicks I feel like I better run to the bathroom! It is fun to feel him kick a lot, but I'm beginning to dread when he gets stronger!

On a completely different note...Greg enrolled in school today. That's a long awaited answered prayer. I've been praying for him to find direction and motivation and this weekend on our very long drive home from Dallas he decided it was time to go back to school. Please pray for him...school has never been easy. I guess the blog title could have been "My ADD son...and Husband." Those of us without learning disabilities will never know how much they struggle. I watched my sister work extra hard her whole life and I see how incredibly intelligent my husband is and it pains me to know how much he struggles. I feel like he should be allowed to wear his SAT results or IQ test scores around just to prove it to people! We've been talking a lot about what steps we're going to take should our son really turn out to be ADD or dyslexic. There has been so much more research done now in both of those fields that I hope people will begin to take it seriously.

I have a whole soap box that revolves around over diagnosing learning disabilities and the use of stimulant drugs, but I'll save that for another time. In the meantime, keep Greg in your prayers. Pray that he will be able to display his intelligence in the only way that school cares about...grades! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday, we certainly did!

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