I know it's been a while since I last posted. For me it means that things are going well and I no longer have the need to come out to vent. It was a great blessing to get a concrete diagnosis over what SS9 (now SS10) has, and the fact that he is "in treatment" gives us hope that we will one day be a normal family.

The diagnosis is: ADHD with some kind of mild dislexia. Social anxiety, separation anxiety and depression (caused by all the other things). He started on Ritalin a few months ago, and our lives changed. His life changed. He no longer feels different and inadequate and he shows it by being a normal person when he's with us. He joins our conversations, acts like part of the family and shows interest in us and what happens in our lives. He no longer has temper-tantrums or that "fist-face" he used to have all the time. It has been quite the change... Unfortunately he's still depressed because he doesn't have any friends. His social skills haven't gotten any better and the doctors have been wondering if he has Asperger syndrome on top of all. We've read about it some, and it seems to make sense.

Aside from that, everything has gone well. DH and I seem to have a wonderful relationship now that so much has changed. I'm glad I stuck through all the s*** and didn't run like I wanted to. Good things are coming to us.

On a different note: After ALL THE S*** we went through, and after all the things that BM put her children through by moving away (changing school, living in step-dad's house, the new step siblings etc...) she has decided to break up with her bf and is moving again. New school, new home and probably a new bf soon. I knew it, she's incapable of having a serious, stable relationship and her children have to pay the price for it. The kicker is where she's moving: You know you live in a mexican soap when your husband's ex moves next door to you....!