You all know that I'm very transparent about our lives, including the struggles and joys that we face as a special needs family. What I'm about the share with you will be no different. When I went into this meeting today, I was already pretty upset. Truthfully, I was on the warpath. I'm so used to people not understanding that I was already assuming that the person in question at the school would be the same way. However, despite my rather heated beginning to the conversation, she never lost her cool and maintained a spirit of cooperation. Basically, once I had purged a little bit and I was fine. I felt really bad but I was in a much better place.   I still don't agree with how this was handled but…

I've mentioned before that my little sister had moved out to the East Hamptons to work as a physical therapist for the rich and famous. He just moved back home because she missed the family too much and couldn't stand to be away. This morning, Lizze and my sister Kate, reunited after quite some time.  Lizze and Kate are pretty close and she was greatly missed while she was gone.  Lizze was so happy, she was crying and I caught the moment.  It was so nice to see Lizze crying tears of happiness for once.  :-)

We are meeting with the school this morning. Although, they don't know it yet. Gavin is going to tell them the truth about what he was doing to his classmate. I'll let you know how it goes. The school has always been great and I don't expect anything to be different this time.

I wanted to share some of what I experienced today.  Wednesday had its ups and downs and for this post, I'm sharing the ups. Today was extremely busy, filled will places to be, phone calls to make and things to do.  I managed to snap a few pictures and capture some of the memorable moments. These memories include standing get inside of a giant expandable ball and snuggling with Bella while eating some chicken nuggets for lunch. Others include enjoying a milkshake while watching get an Elmo movie,  playing corn hole squeezing in for a group picture and last but not least,  Emmett's stinky feet.  :-) Right now,  I'm choosing to focus on all the things that I really enjoyed about today.  I can always worry about the rest of…

Last night before bed, Elliott made me this paper fish and said that he made it for me so that I could feel better.  He told me,  remember Daddy, fish is really good for you. How could I not smile and feel better.  The truth is that at the moment he gave this to me, I was sitting  at the dining room table, in the dark and alone.  I was trying to keep it together but not doing a good job. Elliott's gift of fish, was just what I needed to feel better.  Thank you so much Elliott.  You're so sweet and I love you so much.  You definitely helped me to feel better.  :)

We have temporary arrangements made for Gavin's removal.  Gavin is going to stay with Lizze's parents.  They will take him to school and my Mom will pick him up and hang out with him until Lizze's Mom picks him up after work. This isn't the perfect solution but it should work for the time being. I want to thank our parents for their help and thank all of you for your unwavering support.