Comments on: Have you heard the one….

By: Mommybrain

Mommybrain — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:30:47 +0000

I’m kind of in tears as I read through your blog, Pia. I got here following a link from Drifty’s place. I don’t know how I can thank you enough.

My son is 11, is adopted and, I now realize after reading you and googling, has NLD. The testing we did two years ago pissed me off. After a battery of tests and a ton of money, the doc told us he’s depressed and has an auditory processing disorder and didn’t return any calls asking for more information or what to do next. He repeated 1st grade and we thought it was solely because he went to a French school for two years and missed all the building blocks in math and Engrish because he never understood a worse they said. Now I know he didn’t understand because French is one of the worst languages for people with an auditory processing deficit to learn.

He’s going into 5th grade this year. This was his first year in public school and it didn’t go well. His naiveté and the issues that come with who he is made him miserable among all the teasing, taunting boys. His small, private school, which we can no longer afford, wasnt equipped to deal with anything out of the range of normal, but they did love him and protect him.

Now that I think I know what he needs, he’ll get it. He’s already becoming a little hermit because he gets so frustrated with the world and he can’t cope.

I have wondered if his anger comes somehow from adoption. We are a tight little family, very close and loving, so that never seemed like the whole reason.
As I read through the descriptions of NLD, I can see, that’s him.

Thank you, Pia. Ok, tears fully streaming now.

By: Karen C.

Karen C. — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:57:58 +0000

Hiya, Pia! From over at Dave’s sandbox. Yes, SC is a real culture shock and the politics- well, you can’t even believe the things that go on that no one gets indicted for! NO ONE seriously believes that this Greene guy came in on his own- he won’t tell us who paid for him and that in itself says everything. Here it’s the dirty GOP but I used to live in Boston and there it pretty much is the dirty Dems- like they say in Beantown- “Vote early and vote often!” So it just depends on where you are at the time, who’s running that particular show and who gets a pass on blatant abuses of power. Do you like history? It puts things into perspective when you go through the records here and see all the out-and-out murderers who got acquitted or if convicted, pardoned, who went right on to become state senators, House reps, etc. Some of the Old Family Names, too! Just don’t get into reading too many Letters to the Editor here in the papers, very discouraging!

Take Care!

By: helene

helene — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:56:21 +0000

lol ‘ Unfortunately this blog is like a nervous tic.’? lmao

Ok I am definately out of the loop… what book are you writing?

I am thinking that you may need to take your ‘mature and wise’ self to the north for the summers and write! hehehe Though even up here in Philly its hot!!!

Have a great weekend!! xo

By: Jane Doe

Jane Doe — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:53:38 +0000

I hate the heat too, though here in MN it’s usually only bad for a couple months. I usually run the air every day when it’s hot, I can’t stand the heat.

Great stream of thoughts, very descriptive.

By: Bone

Bone — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 04:43:18 +0000

This post had a definite feel/tone to it, though defining it is beyond me.

Love your description of the heat. Welcome to the South, my friend I always knew it was hot but never knew quite how to describe it. And yes, we’re doing well these days if we get two weeks in Spring and two weeks in Fall without having to use much heat/AC.

I’m sorry about the other stuff, but we don’t apologize for the heat Just be sure to stay cool as possible.

By: sage

sage — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:57:44 +0000

You have certainly have some interesting politics down there since you arrived. Having livedin Nevada and Utah, I’ve learned that as long as you can laugh at the politics, it’s good. So is watching lightning like you get there along the coast.

By: cooper

cooper — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:33:30 +0000

“It could be worse. I could have moved to the Gulf”. You re right on that. I think that your second book is in the making, I feel it in this post…

By: TC

TC — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:08:07 +0000

I think all airlines suck these days.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:14:15 +0000

For what it’s worth, my ex was a friend of Nikki Haley’s sister (southern Sikhs tend to know each other) and remembers Haley as sweet.