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Well, today Leona had her first WHOLE good day. From what we've been experiencing the past few months, it is a miracle that we are very thankful for. She has had a few days that were partially good but it never lasts long. For instance, just last week, we had a "Mommy meltdown" day. I didn't get much sleep and had some sort of virus and Leona was at her "best" (um, worst really!). She needed to go outside to "cool off" from her very loud annoying fit. She was sitting semi-quietly on a chair when I left her and came in to make a phone call to Eric (went upstairs so I could hear). He asked the wrong question (How is your day?) and I started to cry. Then kids started yelling that the neighbors were at the door and I came down to realize Leona had been beating her fists against the back door and screaming (no, I really didn't hear her!). So, while I was still crying, I had to go apologize to our "neighbors" (employees from the business next door) since Leona had disrupted their workday. How embarrassing! Two days ago, she had a huge fit so I was holding her and she was screaming at me ("I don't like you" "You are naughty" "I am going to run away down the street" "I want water"). We decided to break out the video camera. She has stopped wetting in her bed. Well, sort of. She has taken more to peeing during the day. A few times she was sitting on her bed when she wet. She has been getting a lot of cleaning practice. Yesterday, she broke her deodorant (all over the floor). She had to clean it up and I told her to put the pieces in the trash can. Later I realized that she put the pieces in the other girls' clean clothes pile. I told her she would have to wash the clothes in the bathtub. She said she "thought it (the pile of clothes) was the trashcan." Um, OK, sure! We have all taken to singing songs with the word "happy" in them. It helps us get less irritated (well, at least helps us not show our irritation!). It works very well. We sing "Happy Day (when Jesus washed my sins away)", "I have the Joy, Joy, Joy down in my heart", "If you're happy and you know it", and others. We are praying that the Lord would heal her hurt and help her to trust us. It is only through Him that this can occur. |
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