Tag: meltdown
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A Plumber and a Pill
Today my dad called a plumber to find out why our upstairs bathroom is leaking. The plumber got here before my dad did so I showed him how the problem is affecting all three levels of the house. The plumber went to work. He took things apart. He ran water in the tub he was…
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Hiding in the Basement
We leave the basement door open at night so the cats can get in and out. Our youngest son doesn’t like it when the cats are in the basement and doesn’t like the basement door open. There is a crawl space just inside the door where the cats sometimes retreat. Our son woke up and…
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11%
I am running the battery of my phone to zero. I have been assured that this is good for both the life of the phone and the life of the battery. I however have to be careful how I do this as early in the night as it is. You see, and I’ve probably told…
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Space Walk
When the boys were teenagers we got a big crash pillow called Space Walk. It had a blue velvet pillow case. Inside that was a waterproof pillow liner. Inside of that were big yellow foam cubes. Today was the day that Stephanie and I decided that Space Walk had outlived its usefulness. So I took…
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Pull Cord
On Friday in the early morning my youngest son was turning on all the lightbulbs in the house as he always does. He got to the light over the kitchen sink and yanked the cord so hard that it came clean out. That started a meltdown that lasted for 16 hours. With extra medication we…
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Accidentally Showering
One of my daily goals is to take a shower. Sadly this is the one I struggle with most. My youngest son has been melting down for the past five hours. He has requested a bath twice but hasn’t let me give him one either time. My wife has had to step in twice. On…
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Risking a Meltdown
When is the last time you took a risk? How did it work out? We have a semi verbal autistic adult son in the home. He tries very hard to advocate for himself and we encourage that. He will repeat, “Words have power,” and we hope that he has a basic grasp of what it…
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Meltdowns and Coffee
This morning did not go smoothly. The cats brought us another dead mouse. I picked it up and showed it to our youngest son. That was a mistake. I threw the mouse away and he tried to retrieve it. When I prevented that it started a half hour meltdown. He asked for a bath but…
Latter Day Sinner 