Summer nights!!!

Oh!!!Why is summer so long and HOT!!!!

I don't know about you,but summer seems to be busier and more difficult than when the kids actually go to school. There are camps, places they need to go, people they need to see. At our house we go from little to big; not driving yet to driving but don't have a car yet; we have it all. Well I shouldn't complain, we have air conditioners, cold water to drink and shopping malls.

Our family is moving along, the kids are liking summer camp, at least the little ones. Other than that we have the usual tween, teenage and post-teen; "'I wish I didn't have to do anything more than spend time with my friends, set up to meet my friends at the furthest mall from our house, no chores and no summer reading, food that cooks itself whenever I feel hungry, a magic "fill up itself" refrigerator and specially no taking a family mini vacation together which will totally mess up my plans with my friends....are you with me?! This I say knowing that my children are far better; loving; close to us and open with us than most teens.

Now totally changing the subject:

This week I am very frustrated with the system. Even after adopting the children because we depend on it for some medical expenses things just don't get done. I feel like I have to do everything over and over again just so that they can get it right. Here we are so worried about other nations problems while we can not even clean up our own mess.

If you are like us with special needs children in the school system I wounder if you feel as frustrated as we feel dealing with them. At times I feel that all I do is to spend my energy "'fighting" for their right to a good public education. For their right to be respected and treated as an individual full of possibilities.

The child they said had already no hope, our 8 year old this week asked me: "Mom, why did my old mama gave me the name Emmanuel? It will take many years to heal some of the inflicted pain, but children are so resilient!

Well it is already morning, the summer night is over, the heat is still lurking outside my door. I better go for some rest, later this morning there will be more kids having nightmares and jumping in my bed, the alarm will go off and as fast as my arm can stretch I will try to make it stop...at least for five more minutes...ten minutes would be even better!

Today is already another great day!