When I left the house this morning I thought, "what a beautiful day." That was before I called my husband. He has been fighting his depression for longer than I have known him. Apparently the depression was on the winning side today. I have to give him props for continuing to go to work, and he has been able to hold his current job for more than 8 years now. He sounded despondent on the phone when I called to update him on our morning, but I figured he'd head home play some World of Warcraft and then go to bed.
When I called to remind MAC that she had a Dr.'s appointment he said that he had cried most of the morning. He said that MAC had tried to make him feel better and when he continued to cry she went and got green kiki and covered him. It almost made my heart melt.
Green kiki is her most favorite, prized possession, in the whole world! She has had it since about two days after she was born. After the first time we left the original at day care we went and made sure we had at least two more. When her cousin was born she gave him one of her green kiki's and her Grandmother almost fainted. One is in her baby box and she still carries the other with her. It has gone Girl Scout camping, family camping, to Tulsa (OK) and to Smith Mountain Lake (VA).
I thought it was wonderful that she was hoping green kiki would make her father feel better. I am happy that she is learning compassion and that she seems to be able to understand that her father is feeling sad, since those are both things that asperger children have trouble with. I hope that she can also learn from him, learn that medication is not bad and that it can help. I hope that she learns that those we care about feel sad sometimes and that those of us who are around them can't always make it better, but we'll always love them.
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