Thursday, November 24, 2005

Decision Made for Now

Well, the decision has been made for the moment. I’m laying low, typing the book, bringing kids in for consultations. This journey retransitioning John into our family is going to be very hard. I just had a long talk with him and his communication style, the fact that he has been institutionalized, and the way he has been able to manipulate things over the last year will make it hard. It is going to require lots of reassurance, much give and take, and us picking our battles. For example, he is suggesting that he has to have his own room. When he moves back in we will have 8 kids at home and 4 bedrooms for them to share. Two of them are girls, so they get their room. That leaves 3 rooms for 6 boys, and he is suggesting that he needs to have his own.

Truth is, it would probably work better, but it would require some work with the youngest who has not been able to sleep in the “big room” with the other boys successfully. Hard to determine at what time whose needs need to come first.

Finished Chapter 29

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