Rough night and even rougher morning but I’m not giving up

Emmett had a really, really hard time sleeping last night and has been up since 4am-ish. Since it's been time to get ready for school, he's been freaking out over everything and I have no idea what's going on with him. He's refusing to go to school on a day where I literally don't have the time to deal with this. Gavin's got to be at Akron Children's Hospital shortly after the boys arrive at school.  I'm writing this from timeout because I needed to remove myself for a few minutes.. Time for me to get back to my life... ☺

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What I’ve learned about myself since my wife left one year ago today

I truly want to go into today with a positive attitude because while today is a very painful reminder of what myself and the boys have lost, it's also a milestone to be celebrated.  For the last 365 days,  I've been a single Father to 3 amazing boys with numerous special needs. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be able to do this on my own but guess what, I did.  ☺ I've learned so much about myself, my limitations and my ability to preserver. Our lives are far from perfect but I'm giving my boys everything I possibly can and despite my shortcoming, I'm damn proud that we've made it this far.  I'm an awesome Dad and the reason I know that is because I…

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The boys are having a pretty good day

We just got home from my parents and a brief trip to the grocery store.  The boys had fun and did really well at the store.  I picked up their pizza for this weeks school lunches and had dinner before catching up on a couple cartoon stories. I'm hoping that they go to bed without too much trouble tonight but I enjoyed the time we spent together today.. 😊

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I needed a change of scenery

I needed a change of scenery today, so the boys and I went to my parents house. The boys can play outside at my parents and I don't have to worry about gunfire.  I'm serious about that. We hear gunfire everyday at my house. I'm feeling pretty stressed out today and I'm struggling with everything on my plate but I'm hoping the change of scenery helps to make things a little better...

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Maybe this is why I didn’t sleep well?

The younger boys are bouncing off the walls today.  They're getting along pretty well but they are in full on ADHD mode.. lol I don't know what kept me from sleeping well last night but this might have something to do with it.  These two have been super clingy lately. I'm literally hanging off the side of the bed and Emmett's legs are laying across mine. It was a rough night but the boys let me sleep in a little bit and that really helped.  😩

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