Oh, Scrappy. That is so scary. So much ~ma and prayers to your whole family.
See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
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vw bug - Aug 05, 2008 10:05:33 am PDT #9861 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
erikaj - Aug 05, 2008 10:05:59 am PDT #9862 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Holy shit.
sj - Aug 05, 2008 10:07:37 am PDT #9863 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{Scrappy and family}}}
Barb - Aug 05, 2008 10:17:08 am PDT #9864 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
{{scrappy}}
Ugh-- what a horrible, horrible thing to discover.
With respect to the kiddies, I was very big on consequences of actions. It takes but a few times of enacting a consequence before they realize you mean business and while they might test you, it's rarely far enough that you need to act again.
I still remember one time when the Hub was enacting the discipline when I wasn't home and he turned off the television in response to some snit Abby was having. She stormed off to her room, all of three years old, bellowing, "You'll all PAY! I'll never watch TV ever again!! You'll SEE! You'll all PAY!!"
I have never laughed quite so hard my entire life.
juliana - Aug 05, 2008 10:18:43 am PDT #9865 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
So much ~ma for your family, Scrappy.
smonster - Aug 05, 2008 10:21:21 am PDT #9866 of 10001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Big ~ma to Scrappy and family. I hope he turns up soon and is ready to be helped.
Hey y'all. Been working pretty steadily today, yay.
Barb, you look gorgeous in that dress!
I, uh, read the rest but anything else I wanted to say fell out of my brain.
Susan W. - Aug 05, 2008 10:28:10 am PDT #9867 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Much ~ma to you and yours, Scrappy.
P.M. Marc - Aug 05, 2008 10:31:51 am PDT #9868 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Oh, Scrappy. How horrible.
I'm finding a combination of techniques from Positive Discipline for Preschoolers (I think that's the title) and 1-2-3 Magic.
Works fairly well. We do a lot of the races to do things and the whole, "Oh-oh! Did you forget how to put on shoes? I think Lillian forgot how!" discussing.
The Positive Discipline book is very good for modeling behaviors and for cooling your own self down when getting stressed.
JZ - Aug 05, 2008 10:41:53 am PDT #9869 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Much, much ~ma to you and your DH and all his family, Scrappy. How awful for all of you.
Scrappy - Aug 05, 2008 10:47:41 am PDT #9870 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Thanks for the ~ma, everyone. DH seems to be fairly calm about this and it helps that one BiL is a long-time sober addict and has more than a decade of working as a sponsor in AA and NA.
ION, I love all the parenting advice here. Always does the heart good to see how generous Buffistas are with each other.