Saturday, December 22, 2007

My diamond in the rough :)

My stepson Dylan has become the most loving, caring 12 year old boy I have ever met. He has been here for a week now and has astonished me with his random acts of kindness,.... towards me, his siblings, and his father. Not once has he seen me doing dishes or cooking that he hasn't offored to help, and the few times I have tried to take the trash out he has run up and taken it right away from me. This boy just warms my heart in every way. I am so thankfull to have him in my life. Seeing the way him and my other stepson interact with Zander gives me such mixed feelings.... They LOVE him, the LOVE playing with him...... It is great, but it makes me relize that While I know Aidan loves his brother, he doesn't interact.... he keeps to himself all the time. I know he is really depressed, and he has a pyche evaluation next week because the dr's think that his ADHD was misdiagnosed and he really has bi-polar syndrom. I am sad because that seems like a lifelong lable to me, but we NEED to get him fixed. He tried to "kill himself" a few nights ago. He was in trouble for something and sent to his room, and I went in to find him with a bike chain wrapped tightly around his neck saying if I could just pull this tight enough to kill myself...... the same night I found paper where he had written "I am worthless" over and over. Dylan is pulling me through this with his outpouring of love.... I think he feels that I need it, and thank goodness he is giving it cause this is a tough one to get through!