Day 1

I've been wanting to make this blog happen for a long time. Now, I'm finally going to do it. I'm a 42 year old mom married to my wonderful husband Phil who is 45. We have four children. Three are mine from a previous marriage. The youngest is ours together. Michael is the oldest at 14. He is a mature and wonderful son who loves video games and history. Michael suffers from bipolar nos, social pragmatic communication disorder, ADHD and anxiety. Next, the twins Alek and Isabel who are 12. Isabel is a very typical, social girl who suffers from ADHD and a reading disorder, but she works hard and is a great kid. Alek is diagnosed with Asperger's and ADHD. He is extremely intelligent but if he doesn't care about something or it doesn't interest him, he completely ignores it. There are a lot of social cues that Alek just doesn't understand. Finally there's David who's 10. David is the most extreme. He has severe bipolar I, ADHD, anxiety and we suspect has Asperger's also. We love him dearly but he tests us daily and often many times a day. David goes to a special therapeutic day school. Even within that special environment he needs a lot of 1:1 support and he still struggles. This is the start. There will be many stories to tell.

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