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Sorry I didn't see the "Visits" posting right away. Don't mind me, I feel like little chunks of my brain are disappearing all the time.

Well, I guess you will always have a link to David, a cosmic link, and it's a good thing that he's the best guy you've ever known so far. It sounds like he isn't a deadbeat as far as child support goes. Does one child get his time and the other his financial support? That's a tough situation that he is in, two kids, two mother's of his children, time, distance, money, and his own youth, a bit of growing up to do, and some feelings of guilt, no doubt.

Did you say he has been talking about getting back together with you? It sounds like you are going to be more careful with your heart this time around, but you are maybe are willing to give things a try?

Well, I guess you could look at it this way, a lot of guys David's age are being deployed over to Iraq for seven months and then get to come home for four months. I heard of one guy stationed here at Camp Pendelton getting sent out four times in a row like that. Some Daddies don't come back. In either case, the mommies tell their young kids that daddy is far away and can't visit. So, in that regard, Michael is having a similar experience to a lot of his peers across America.  read more »

Honey you know what he means by "cuddle." Be strong, obviously you ARE a strong young woman. You dont need a man like that. My half sister and I refer to our birth fathers as "the sperm donor." You are very young and have plenty of time to find that little boy of yours a real daddy. Keep us posted. Cindy =)

*this says I have to have a image so here's a cute lil cowboy. I am in Texas after all!

Thanks! In the Peter Pan pic he is relaxing, not sleeping. I had some other shots of him in the costume but he was picking his nose in those. He's into that. In receptively identifying facial features, the speech therapist has learned not to do "touch nose" until last, otherwise she has to wait until Wyatt is through excavating.

I tried to wait for my mom's visits so she could cut Wyatt's hair. She's not a professional, but she does a good job. I let her cut my hair, too. When my mom couldn't visit, I had taken Wyatt to a $25 kid's haircut place. They said they specialized in difficult kids. The first time I went, the lady was great. The second time I went, the person had no idea what they were doing and they took Wyatt's shirt off, and misted all over with cold water, and hair was sticking to him everywhere. He was so upset. That is one of two times when I think Wyatt came close to having a seizure, he was that upset. And I still had to pay $25.

So, after that, my mom suggested that I buy a hair clipper set. She let me try one she had bought first. They sell them back in the electric razor/shaver aisle. The one I bought is by Conair and it comes with lots of little attachments, a comb, scissors (not the greatest quality, but not horrible), and a really basic instruction sheet. The Conair that I bought is red and looked as though it was cordless because it detaches from the main wall cord, but it is NOT CORDLESS. I recommend that you buy the other one, the black one. The sets are between $15 and $20. Other companies make them, too.

P.S. I missed the thing about the cuddling, Shootingstars and Cindy. Was that from a blog post??? I wanna read it and comment. But I can't because I am also in Reply Hell and I can only Blog Post. But still, what is this about cuddling???  read more »

Hi Wyattsmom (and everybody else lol), Oh shootingstar just mentioned how her x is coming to visit and he "just wants to cuddle" and I was explaining how guys that age dont just wanta cuddle lol. We bought a yellow (unfortunately not cordless) but in anycase its a yellow clipper set a year or so ago. Its meant to cut childrens hair, its quieter, not so scarey and of course not as strong as a normal clipper but it does the job. My husband who normally has beautiful salt and pepper hair decided to buzz his own the other day because of the hot weather and he said the other guys at work wear theirs buzzed. He wears a hat all day so I understand but man I miss his normal "do" lol. My husband has great hair and a great butt even at 56 years old.

Well first of all it looks like maybe you ARE the only one who can respond,

kinda wierd. ANYWAY you've got a good head on your shoulders, you'll

be okay. And you're so lucky that Michael can at least ask you why his father

isnt around, my son cant. Listen Im not real religious but I think God gives these

kids to strong people for a reason, they truely are "special". David will have

alot of regret when he "grows up." Obviously being a mommy of a special needs

child has made you grow up very fast. As for Michael he's lucky to have a mommy

who puts him first, his daddy could take lessons from you =)

*okay its says image required............. lets see what I can find lol, not much on this computer since

the crash awhile back. I know I'll use my name =)~~

Actually I found that on the internet. A friend of mine in California said she liked

cowboys butts lol when I told her about Tx sooooooo put cowboy butts in search

thinking I'd send her a pic or two of cowboys in jeans and found that picture

instead lol. I dont know if its made to look old or what but Im guessing it was taken

sometime in the early 50s by the look of it.

As for cuddlin'...... TRUST ME lol. Guys that age have nothin but uh, well you know lol

on their minds. Ask any OLDER woman like me and they'll tell ya the same, hell ask

any man ANY age and he'll tell you the same.

We are moving away from forums and onward with blogging. Please put all new posts, threads, discussions as blog posts. Blog posts are more versatile, organized and easy to manage. Sorry for any inconvenience. 

I had not heard from Michael's father in probably 6 weeks. I had given up trying to get information out of him for Michael's profiles and such. I lost his address and wanted to send him a painting Michael did, along with his school pictures. Spencer does Spring pictures that are like senior portraits for little kids. I love Michael's. But no address. So I gave up deleted him from Myspace and just stopped emailing him. He woke me up at 1:15 this morning to talk. And kept me up until 5 on messenger. I was not the best of friends towards him but I refrained from saying many things on my mind.

I guess there is a reunion a few hours away so he is going to come down with his daughter after that and spend about 24 hours here. Yeah thats it. Michael has never met his sister. Does not even know about her. She is I think14 months. I met her mother but that really was not much. I want Michael to know his sister, I just do not think it is very fair that he needs to share his father right now. It would be impossible for David not to love the child he was there for since she was born and can see whenever. The one who is normal thus far... I just have mixed feelings. I do not want to overstep a line with her mother. I do not even know if he told Naomi he was bringing Rose here after the reunion. And no, not one person mentioned wanting to see Michael for it. Go figure.

I really do not know how I feel about David coming down. It will be right after Michael's birthday, and I know he has presents from geez last Christmas and beyond, but I do not care about presents. I think the hardest thing is him elling me he wants to be with me. I mean not as a relationship, he actually told me he wants to cuddle. Here I am trying to banish him from my heart. He s going to be in for a surprise because I am not giving up my heart again.   read more »

I tried to put these in a cute-pics forum, but it the site wouldn't let me, so... here he is before I gave him a buzzy haircut, riding an antiqu train, trying on my clothes, and dressed as Peter Pan.

Hello everyone

First post here so hope I don't get it wrong! ;0)

I am involved with a project at www.developing-ability.com where we are trying to create a series of courses aimed at parents but suitable for others, eg. teachers, assistants, supporters.

We are looking for people from all around the world to participate in the design and development of these courses so as to ensure that they reflect best practice. To date we have people from Canada, the UK and USA involved.

We'd be happy to give free guest access to the online version of the first course "First Steps in ABA" to people who express an interest. All you need is broadband internet access. They are designed to be very practical courses, i.e. that you would learn how to use ABA methods and techniques in any setting, school, home, park, car...

We'd welcome enquiries from all areas, whether you are a teacher, parent, ABA therapist, SLT, social worker...

This will probably operate on a first come first served basis, and all we ask in return is that you offer us genuine feedback in the form of an email with recommendations, comments.

Many thanks