summer is “take care of the caregiver” time
June 13, 2009
I won’t be blogging every day during the summer but probably once a week. I’ve made a commitment to myself that after almost 2 years since my son’s diagnosis, it is time to take care of myself. Two years of advocating for him in the schools and the medical system, figuring out what services he needs, finding him service providers, interviewing and managing therapists and teaching assistants, testing everything in his body for toxins, yeast, etc., reading lots of books, setting up positive behavioral supports in the home, worrying about him every day at school, dealing with judgements, seeing my own therapists, drop off and pick up at school every day, meetings with school, teachers, and therapists, fighting over homework, setting up playdates for social interaction and friendships, setting up my own non-profit, helping (or trying to help) numerous other parents through their ordeals, and all the while doing the “ordinary” mom things for two young kids, managing a household, AND holding down a CEO job. If that makes your head spin, imagine what my life has been like the past couple of years. I’ve never experienced anything like it. I know that I am by far THE MOST efficient and productive person I’ve ever known. No one can keep up with me. BUT, it’s time to take care of myself. I have full time nannies set up for the summer so that I can easily get my work done AND so that I can get my much needed exercise routine going. I actually signed up for a boxing/kick-boxing/martial arts type of class 4 days per week and it will go all through the summer. Pretty fun putting on the boxing gloves and punching and kicking the hell out of a bag!
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