#houseparent

[dallasreal-blog]

Day with #mom #houseparent #happyramadan #familyfirst #sunday #freedom #selfie #ig_myshot #reallife #values #supportsystem (at Durant, Oklahoma)

[dallasreal-blog]

#fathersday #familia #familyhappy #houseparent #happyfathersday #happyfamily #familyreunion #summer #texas (at Midcity, Texas)

[deannaslamans]

Reason #311 - Missing My Hubby...

...No, he hasn't gone anywhere, and neither have I, really...but...it's just that our crazy kind of life + work + homeschooling + everything is starting to get in the way again.  

AND it has come a lot sooner this year than most years in the past.  Typically it takes until October or so for me to feel the busy-ness of life, but here it is mid-August and it is upon us once again! 

I had several meetings today, with homeschooling wedged in between, along with my coveted nap.  (I did not workout so perhaps that's effecting my mood).

Then dinner came...and the evening plans were discussed of haircuts and errands, etc., ...and I got sad...and he noticed, because he is almost always tuned in to my moods...

The conversation typically goes something like this:

Hubby - "Hey, are you doing ok?"

Me - "Yeah..."

Hubby - "Seriously, what's wrong?"

Me - "Nothing, I just miss you, that's all..."

The person feeling the need to connect can be replaced with any one of the four members of our family unit...sometimes AJ wants "snuggle" time, and Korri wants "girl" time, and I start missing Andy, or he starts missing me...

But, right now it's our life, which is grand, and tiresome and irksome and busy, and full and sad...all at the same time.

~Deanna

[deannaslamans]

Reason #331-"Hello! Good-bye!"

My husband and I have helped to raise over 80 students here at the Milton Hershey School and we've seen our share of kids come and go, graduate or get kicked out along the way. It's a bittersweet life to live saying hello and goodbye all the time. But it's that time of year again, where the Milton Hershey School senior class graduates from the largest boarding school of its kind in the world. As a houseparent, I get the opportunity to walk down the aisle before the seniors enter the auditorium. In fact, the entire school community is present. When I say that, I am referring to the doctors and nurses, dental staff, meal bus drivers, teachers, psychologists, guidance counselors, teachers, and houseparents, to name a few. See, this is where the kids live, so the adults in their lives, who have helped raise them, are ALL present in some form or fashion. That's what makes Commencement at MHS, so special. How many people can say that their dentist will see them graduate? Or the women who helped them order and be fit for their school clothes, or the man who brings them their milk, bread and eggs daily to the student home. When a Milton Hershey School student graduates from MHS, she graduates from HOME. Plain and simple. Whether the time spent was enjoyable, or strenuous, the student has "grown up" here, and has to finally leave. Ask any MHS Senior, on Sunday, June 10th about leaving the school. They will tell you, with a lump in their throats, that they are leaving something special. They will be speaking the truth. This school is so extremely special, that I often run out of words...I just allow myself to go back to the day that I graduated from here, 21 years ago, June 3. I replay that ceremony over and over again. It is quite an accomplishment attending and graduating from this place. It is one that I remain proud to be a part of because many students are kicked out of this school for one reason or another along the way...and ALL have regrets for leaving. I'm glad that's one regret I don't have to live with. ~Deanna

[wikiutil-blog]

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[watapaching]

packing up our cars, ending round 1 of respite coverage.

this was a particularly challenging week with these boys, but i'm a fighter.  i don't give up easily. 

going home to rest for a few days, then we go on to week 2 of respite coverage.

[watapaching]

what i need

i need people (and by people i mean more than 1) who will continually (and by continually i mean often.  and by often i mean near daily.)  remind me where these boys come from, what they have faced.

that their behaviors are (in part) driven by all the fear anger hurt bitterness lack of trust they have and continue to experience in their lives.

as long as i continue to keep that before me, i'll be in a much better place in regard to the crap filled behaviors of these boys.