Drinking: Peppermint Tea
Whoops! I swear I didn't forget to blog in August, life has been so hectic and a little bit on the awful side.
My husband and my daughter (15 year's old) had a huge blow-up and I rung the police. It was a very confronting thing seeing him in handcuffs. That part wasn't because I rung the cops, that was because he became all irrational and wouldn't comply with what they were telling him to do. Our boys saw him in handcuffs after I collected them from school, so that was a bit of an ordeal for them. So the cops ended up taking him to Noarlunga emergency where he was assessed by the mental health triage. The "nemhs" team were involved for a couple of weeks, and were fairly certain that this angry outburst of hubby's was a hiccup. (Compared to last time, a few years ago.) Anyway we're still getting over all of that, except for hubby, he didn't take long - never really does. Our child support worker has been involved and we are finally getting some services in place for #10. She's helped me fill out a referral form for the Star Bear program which is run through Anglicare. It is for children who are grieving after the loss of a sibling or loved one in their life. It is a weekend camp where the child can go to escape everyday life and grieve for the their loss. I am really keen for #10 to experience the Star Bear camp because he has never been allowed to grieve the loss of his (maternal) mum; the death that he witnessed and that we believe was not accidental.
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Today is Father's Day in South Australia, I wasn't able to spend any of it with my dad, because mum is having surgery after the weekend and needed to prep (special dietary changes) for it.
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