I apologize for my lack of posting over the last five days. I have to thank Aslan for his “Way Back Wednesday” posts, as they are the ones that have kept this site updated. Unfortunately life sometimes gets in the way of my free time. As many of my longtime readers my know our older [...]
Posts under ‘Anxiety’
Not Ready to Make Nice
Well, it’s almost the end of my day, and then it’s off to the Little League game. Of course It’s Will playing, cause Jon doesn’t do sports…willingly anyway. Let’s go A’s! And of course the in-laws from overbearing pushy land will be there. My Mother In-law spent the majority of her day yesterday telling my [...]
Take your Child to Work and other added stress
So today is National take your child to work day. Both of mine attended, and it’s been well interesting. Will is having a blast, but I can tell the day is beginning to wear him out. My company has had all sorts of exciting activities, which he has had a thrill doing. [...]
Us vs. Them vs. Them Round 3
So it looks like school fight round three. Our 12 year old with the anxiety problems has been on home-based instruction for much of the year. He started the sixth grade like any other sixth grader, but his on-going anxiety issues just escalated, prompting his psychologist to find him medically unable to attend school. So [...]
Special needs need Special Handling
Yesterday was a busy day. Have you ever had one of those days that seemed like every time you got something accomplished 10 other things popped up? Such is life I guess. My wife had a meeting with the school yesterday, which was the first one I didn’t attend, and it unfortunately [...]
Dealing With Generalized Anxiety Disorder
So my one son has GAD. I am just a year into this fatherhood thing. Though I wouldn’t say it’s easy to jump into it in the best circumstances, this has made it all the more challenging. But I wouldn’t change it for the world. I try sometimes to put myself in his shoes. It’s [...]











