Motherhood
ah, the sound of children yelling. I am waiting in the lobby while my daughter takes Taekwondo. This is the second class of her first week. I can already tell the difference in her attitude. If I haven’t mentioned it before Sarah is ADHD and bipolar. She was diagnosed in first grade. She is now in fifth. It is quite a roller coaster, even on medication. I think we have tried every medication out there too. Luckily one of the first medications I tried worked. Not so for Sarah. She is such sweet kid and it is really hard for her when she has a cycle, up or down. The Taekwondo is supposed to help with focus and confidence. Any little bit would help. I look forward to the day she says “I can do it.” Most of the time it is “I can’t….”. It is hard to here your child say anything negative about themselves. I think she is going to be like me, which is good and bad. She has started writing already. I didn’t start until seventh or eighth grade. She is only in fifth. Like any parent I hope she just gets my good stuff, not the bad. Unfortunately we both have the bipolar and Celiac (story for another day). I guess all I can really do is be there for her like my mom was and is (yet another story).
