Remembering.....

I was just reading through an email from a yahoo group I'm on and I was reminded of something. The email was talking about how siblings are affected when you have a child with RAD or some other issue. I remember my kids asking me, "Do you think she'll ever be okay?" I would always answer them, I think so, but there is really no way of knowing. I would follow up with telling them that we are doing everything we can to make sure she gets all the help she needs. It felt like I was being stabbed in the heart everytime anyone mentioned there could be anything wrong. There was a long period of time when I was so worried about the future. I can't tell you how nice it was to be able to tell the pediatrician and Bette that we really had no concerns other than eating. Even that is managable. I still need to micromanage at school, but I am not really what you would call 'worried'. I have a child with incredible self control. Amazing accomplishment-especially since impulse control was at the top of my list for Bette for so long. We have all been through a lot, but we are all better people on the other side.