Archive for March, 2005

So how’s he doing?

Saturday, March 26th, 2005

When three or more regular blog readers ask how Rubén is doing because there hasn’t been an update in a while, you know you’ve been getting lax. I’m going great guns on the Camtasia Studio book right now, and in order to meet my deadline, I’ve got to pound out approximately 2,000 words per day. […]

Two weeks in Sonoma.

Sunday, March 13th, 2005

This is an update that’s been almost a week in the making, and now that I’m sitting at my little terminal, I find I actually have fairly little to say. In a word, our trip was AWESOME. Lynn and Dave made us feel completely at home. And Tay was, in a word, recovered. Not “approximately […]

A depressing shuffle down Memory Lane.

Saturday, March 12th, 2005

For some inexplicable reason, Rubén’s behavior has been as bad as we’ve seen it in several months. His speech session yesterday was miserable; he would simply fade out and stare off into space, despite our able therapist’s best attempts to bring him back. He’s been answering to his name less and less. Not sure what’s […]

The Great Escape.

Wednesday, March 9th, 2005

I put a wailing child down for the night last night. The lad’s had this clingy “mommyitis” thing going lately, and I’m therefore the one who puts him to bed, because if Mommy did it, he’d sob uncontrollably until she finally broke down, retrieved him, and rocked him down. When I do it, he lets […]

One year today…

Tuesday, March 8th, 2005

Today marks the anniversary of our return to the U.S. We were just beginning this journey. A part of me feels as if we’re STILL just beginning it.

We were both so full of worry, yet so full of hope at the same time. That’s something else that hasn’t really changed. I remember grudgingly purchasing the […]