This Crazy Life

I read a really good post a couple of weeks ago on an OCD board for caregivers.  It was a mom that had OCD herself and had been working on it for years and how she still has times when she can’t just control it even though she now knows what’s happening.  It’s still extremely…

So, she’s been to the lake twice now.  With other people.  The first time was for the 4th, and we all were there.  Mom, dad, grandpa, both sisters and both sisters’ boyfriends.  There were some tears and some sitting in the car wanting to go home.  Only because it was “awkward and weird.”  But she…

She got her permit!  We’ve been talking about it on and off since she turned 15.  She would think she could, then she couldn’t, then she thought she could, then she couldn’t.  She decided she could do it.  And she did!  Passed on her first try.  Now she doesn’t plan on practicing driving until we…

In OCD therapy this week her goal was to try to unlock the door into her area of the house and stand there for even 30 seconds with it unlocked.  She doesn’t have to open the door.  Just unlock it and tolerate it.  She thought she could maybe do that.  Well guess what!  Her twin…

As the years have passed, I’ve matured a lot and I think I’ve done a pretty good job of keeping my emotions in check the last couple of years even.  Side note, did you know it’s a good thing to acknowledge things you’ve done well and to be proud of yourself.  Anyway, of course I…

She made it on an airplane.  And in a rental car.  And is staying in a hotel.  You guys, this is huge!!  Now the eating is a struggle.  And will always be a struggle.  But she sat on an airplane seat w/out a towel on it.  She got in a rental car she has no…

So I’m currently on vacation 5ish probably w/out my entire family.  Actually, probably more than 5, but we’re going to go with 5 anyway because it’s a nice round estimate number.  But I’m on vacation.  With my other two girls, a friend and my mom.  We’re in Oregon and Washington having an amazing time exploring…

We are currently at a holding spot.  She’s stable.  From a medical perspective.  From every other perspective she is not.  She’s living on Perfect bars, but she’s happy.  She went mini golfing the other day.  This is the first thing out of her room she’s done in a long time other than doctor apts and…

I had therapy today.  I actually feel like I’m in a decent place.  My daughter has been out of the hospital for almost 5 weeks.  We aren’t shopping for groceries daily.  We go once a week when we go to the doctor.  It’s still a long and stressful trip but it’s not every day.  She’s…

So we moved a washer and dryer into her closet.  Accommodating, yes, but at some point it’s about survival.  This was to make life easier for everyone else in the house.  She doesn’t have to leave her room and area at all to do laundry.  No one else is using it.  No one else can…