Monthly Archives: August 2008

Dear You Again,

Posted on August 23, 2008 by Julia Roberts

I realize that our life is an open book, and I realize that you might know a lot about Gage. I realize that you might even witness on occasion very, um, how shall we say, bad choices being made by … Continue reading →

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Spoken in the Mutant Family Household

Posted on August 23, 2008 by Julia Roberts

Julia: “Quinn, thanks so much for being a great listener in the store.” Quinn: “Thank YOU for being such a great listener in the store.” Pause Quinn: “And for being a great Mommy, too.” —————————– Julia: “Okay, if we have … Continue reading →

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Making A Wish of Distraction

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Julia Roberts

I’ve heard from Make-A-Wish and they are granting Gage’s wish in the fall/winter. He wanted a trip to NY to Statue of Liberty. That was it. Then he got out the NY book we have while the volunteers were here … Continue reading →

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Friday Photo Fun

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Julia Roberts

Remember last week when I said sometimes when times are tough, it is good to look back on a happy time. Yeah. Um…I’m still doing that. This is from camping and hiking right after Gage had his transplant. The kids … Continue reading →

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Dear You,

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Julia Roberts

Dear Gage’s Teacher, Thank you for the way you are handling Gage with his current behavior. I believe it is divine intervention that he is under your loving, teaching touch. I have to say, even though you had a few … Continue reading →

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Intuition Bop

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Julia Roberts

Over the summer as Gage’s behavior turned, well, into something different I had an uneasy feeling. I knew something was different. One incident was him drop-kicking Quinn in the gut. That was July. I knew something was different. He’d hit … Continue reading →

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Switching

Posted on August 20, 2008 by Julia Roberts

When you have two special needs kids you have to jump around a lot; prioritize. I need to take care of a lot of things for both of them, but sometimes it’s not possible to do it all when I … Continue reading →

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Spoken in the Mutant Family Household, Inappropirately

Posted on August 20, 2008 by Julia Roberts

I was talking to Julian about how I see that Gage doesn’t really enjoy the things he once did. And that as I scrutinize each behavior, I notice more. Hindsight thing. Julian: “Yeah, he’s even lost the will to hit … Continue reading →

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Inside Gage's Head, Technicolor Version

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Julia Roberts

This picture is from Gage’s first play room therapy session. He did three different scenes; this being the last one. Note all of the scary type of characters. For the other two scenes before this one, the witch was in … Continue reading →

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How sad he must be.

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Julia Roberts

My Gage. He’s a perplexing mix of energy and curiosity and anger and frustration. A questionnaire that we filled out about Gage’s behavior came back from his therapist and it shows that he is clinically depressed, as I suspected. And … Continue reading →

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