African Violets and Gesneriads: Putting face to the names, 0 by kaykay1010

kaykay1010 wrote:
Thought I should add on here too. Sorry about your ex, Jesse, I know how that can be. We deal with an ex frequently. Here is a pic and short bio about us.

Me (36), my DH(34), and my boys Patrick(11), older and Connor(8), Younger. My DH is truly just that. Pray for him, we have been having medical issues and do not know what is up with him. My youngest son, Connor, is pretty typical, aside from having ADHD, like everyone else..........My older boy, Patrick is just wonderful and challenging. He has ADHD, Tourette's syndrome, Aspergers syndrome, a high functioning form of autism. He is OCD, has intermittent explosive disorder and all of the challenges that go along with all his different troubles. Life gets crazy around here sometimes and we just keep hanging on to the end of that rope. I am in remission from the cancer that dominated our life the first 2 1/2 years of our marriage and took away our chance at Rodney having a child of his own (at least by me). We were married August 24, 2002. Rodney has no children of his own, Mine are his. My ex is alot like my oldest son, and instead of going to the doc, self medicates with drugs (pot) My Patrick has hit and beat on my DH, broke his nose and shoulder, is violent with him frequently (his little brother too) and then cuddles up in bed with us, or just walks up to us and says I love you guys, and Rodney, You are the best step dad in the world. How can you be mad at that? Some days, I don't know how he does it. HE is almost as wonderful as my kids, not that I am prejudiced. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Kelly