MMy day begins usually around 5:00am. I do a load or two of laundry then it is time to get Raechele up for school and dressed. I next have Chaim to get up and try to get him motivated to get ready for school. Then it is 7:00 and time to wake Darius up so he can get out the door. Now it is time for Micah to be awaken. The first call. Meanwhile Raechele's bus has arrived And now it is medication time for Chaim and Micah. Now out the door for Chaim it is 7:20 and Darius has to head out. Now the fun begins because we still are trying to get Micah up and dressed. After an exhausting 25 minutes finally he is off to school.
Now time to clean up the house do the rest of the laundry. Decide to what to cook for supper that they will complain about and not eat.
Now time for all the back up help that come for the kids. If not off to doctor appointments. Wow it is 2:40 and Chaim is home. Now it is 3:05 Raechele and Darius are home. Ok now we will fight over the computer. Start throwing things around. Go out back to the mud hole and track up the house. Yeah now it is suppertime. Do not like this, not hungry do not want to eat. Then it is time for Micah to arrive from TASP and now the three boys fight and argue. Is it 7:30 yep time for Chaim to bathe and Raechele. 8:00 bedtime. for the two little ones.
Micah and chaim still not sleeping and it is now 10pm and I am exhausted and really frustrated. It is now mid nite and all are asleep and I can rest for 5 hours. This is my day.
I have no life because 24 hours a day I am watching kids 7 days a week. Kids with developmental problems are time consuming and no partner out there wants all this fun.
Marilyn, I can only imagine what you face every day, I will remember to pray for you that God would give you strength as you meet the day and that you would sense His presence for whatever arises!
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