Enjoying The Journey

My husband and I have the responsibility of raising an almost 12-year old grandson. With that said, anyone raising children knows what it means to have some get-away time. Just recently, we were blessed by our daughter, who lives in another state, with eight much needed days, of freedom to enjoy downtime and much needed get-away…

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Raising a 24/7 Child #3

The first 5 years of raising our 24/7 grandchild was the most challenging thing every in our lives. We had a therapist at our home twice a week. Plus, we had to take him weekly to an eating therapist. And, the challenges we faced with his behavior put a big strain on our marriage. We both…

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Raising A 24/7 Child #2

Photo by Pexels.com The reason I chose to title my articles concerning our grandson “Raising a 24/7 Child” is because we soon learned that he came with many behavioral problems. He refused to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner.  He entertained us with 35-minute major meltdowns continuously throughout each day.  His meltdowns consisted of screaming and…

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Raising A 24/7 Child #2

The reason I chose to title my articles concerning our grandson “Raising a 24/7 Child” is because we soon learned that he came with many behavioral problems. He refused to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner.  He entertained us with 35-minute major meltdowns continuously throughout each day.  His meltdowns consisted of screaming and crying as loud…

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Raising A 24/7 Child

Are you a planner?  I am!  I had my life planned to:  raise my children, retire from my 9 to 5 at an early age, tackle things I put on hold until my children were on their own and travel the United States.  Sounds good, right! Well, 5-1/2 years before retirement, Father God introduced me…

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Washed In The Word

My husband and I had an opportunity to visit a family member and his family before COVID-19 for a week.   On the second day of our visit, I sat in the kitchen catching up on family events with his wife.  I noticed dishes were piled up in the sink and on the counters, unwashed, and…

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Living With A.D.H.D

Photo by Kat J (unsplash) My husband and I are raising a 9-year old grandson that has A.D.H.D. and oppositional defiant disorder (O.D.D). These types of behavior are new to us because neither have experienced A.D.H.D. or O.D.D. behaviors with any of our adult children. Living with a child with A.D.H.D. and O.D.D. is a…

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