Perfecting the Art of Insanity, One Day at a Time
Franken-Family Life in our little box has somewhat evened out. It’s tough to gauge since “normal” is relative when it comes to my relatives. There have been no more of the extreme meltdowns in several days, merely typical annoying-kid stuff. For this child, I’d say he’s been downright angelic. It accompanies doses of some pretty…
Backtracking to my previous entry. Our family is all too familiar with neurology gone sideways. We have family members on the autism spectrum. God knows how many times we’ve dealt with depression and panic attacks. We’ve got ADD and ADHD. One of my great uncles was institutionalized with schizophrenia back in the 1960s. We’ve dealt…
Bypassing all the gory details, last week was rough. All I can say now is it involved a mental health crisis, two ambulance rides, and driving home after midnight. (I was the one driving. It was neither G nor myself carted off via ambulance.) Medical and counseling appointments have been scheduled in follow up, and…