Open Letter Thursday

Assembly_Reqd · May 2013

Get it off your chest.

butterflygrooves · May 2013

Dear Cold,

It's been 3 weeks already, please go away!

Signed,
Your Exhausted Host

DW,

Can you do MHT with Owl today? Probably not but I thought I'd ask anyway, I could be on my deathbed and you still wouldn't do it. I hate this therapy.

Your Irritated Wife

Dear God,

Can I have a clean house, napping children, no obligations, a nice sunny day in the high 70s, a hammock, a good book, and an older, calm basset hound to snuggle with all at the same time at some point in the near future?

Always,
Mrs. Needs A Quiet Moment

lite-bright · May 2013

Dear This Week --

Can you just be over already? I can't believe it's only Thursday, things have been so nuts that it feels like this week is in slow-motion as I jump from one thing to the next.

I want to say goodbye to you and the snow you rode in on. :P

Signed,

Pretty Much Done

smiling76 · May 2013

bubba2b:
Dear World...

I am having a hard time with my mother's passing. Next week, I have an annual IEP meeting and I am feeing unprepared.

Also St Anthony please help me find my eyeglasses.

Signed.

Tired

I am so sorry. I missed the news of your moms passing.

MaxandRuby · May 2013

Dear teacher,

You are not better then me. I am not simply "the parent". You may know more about school stuff, but I know more about my son. I look forward to our meeting this coming Monday to discuss the questions and concerns that I am having. I will also be calling an IEP meeting. Oh, and if you have questions about my child please ask ME. You don't need to involve a middle man (ex: the PT in the most recent case).

Dear DS2,

This whole waking up within 2hr of falling asleep is not cool. You used to STTN. I understand if you are poopy. Problem is, I have to go check on you to make sure you aren't poopy so I don't walk in on Poopapallooza the following morning. My checking does not equal you getting a 2nd bedtime snack. Sorry you were so PO'd last night when it was denied to you - but you had multiple warnings prior to bed and I'm trying to break you of this lovely habit.

Dear STEP,

Thank you so much for your recent help. I am so glad that your organization exists to help parents of SN kids.

smiling76 · May 2013

MaxandRuby:
Dear teacher,
You are not better then me. I am not simply "the parent". You may know more about school stuff, but I know more about my son. I look forward to our meeting this coming Monday to discuss the questions and concerns that I am having. I will also be calling an IEP meeting. Oh, and if you have questions about my child please ask ME. You don't need to involve a middle man (ex: the PT in the most recent case).
Dear DS2,
This whole waking up within 2hr of falling asleep is not cool. You used to STTN. I understand if you are poopy. Problem is, I have to go check on you to make sure you aren't poopy so I don't walk in on Poopapallooza the following morning. My checking does not equal you getting a 2nd bedtime snack. Sorry you were so PO'd last night when it was denied to you - but you had multiple warnings prior to bed and I'm trying to break you of this lovely habit.
Dear STEP,
Thank you so much for your recent help. I am so glad that your organization exists to help parents of SN kids.

Man oh man--I am so feeling all of this!!! ((hugs))

Hey--what is STEP? I want in!!!!

smiling76 · May 2013

Dear H (I'm removing the D for now.....)

Seriously??!!!! I have told you at least 10 times in the past month or so how concerned I am about DS2 and his sensory issues reminding me of DS1 and it took going to an IEP meeting this morning for DS1 for you to say to me afterwards "wow, a lot of what they were saying about DS1 really reminds me of what DS2 is doing. they are so much alike".

Why can't you listen to one f-ing thing I say? Why can't you ever give feedback when I try to have a discussion with you? Also, please remove the lead brick from your hand and lift it to help out a bit more around the house. Yes, I realize you do some things--thank you---but I need more help. I'm at my breaking point x 1000. I am so tired of crying EVERY.SINGLE.DAY.

Signed---

your lovely wife who will have been married to you for 7 years come Sunday--IF you don't forget!!! (again).....aka the mother of your children who you better help at least make a card for mother's day with (and I'm super serious this year) aka the wife you already forgot the birthday of aka tired of being taken for granted.

Dear Migraines

F.U.

I'm tired of feeling you ever day. Move on now.

mommytoconnor · May 2013

To all the Judgy peops in the world,

Don't look at me and judge. You have no idea about my life, my son's struggles, etc, so don't even think of passing judgement. How about send a little compassion our way. OMG, my son burned his mouth on some beans and screamed out, like he's the first. After scraping the beans out of his mouth, getting him a cold drink and consoling him, I don't need you to give me a glare across the restaurant like my child was out of control. You must be a miserable person who can look at a child and be so nasty to think he is "a brat". Next time I won't be so nice as to apologize, I will rip into you like the b...tch you really are. So please, have a nice day.

Signed,

The B...tch with the "brat"

MaxandRuby · May 2013

smiling76:
MaxandRuby:
Dear teacher,
Dear STEP,
Thank you so much for your recent help. I am so glad that your organization exists to help parents of SN kids.
Man oh man--I am so feeling all of this!!! ((hugs))
Hey--what is STEP? I want in!!!!

STEP stands for Support and Training for Exceptional Parents. It is a TN organization and I have had to contact them for some advice regarding my son's school. It is basically a parent training support thing. They provide workshops on the basics of IDEA, provide advocacy, etc.

I looked online and it looks like for Illinois you have this https://fmptic.org/ and this https://www.frcd.org/. :-)

mightmom13 · May 2013

Dear DD,

You need to SLEEP! I cannot keep doing this, it has been at least 3 weeks and we are basically back to our newborn schedule and you are working on 2 years old. I know you can't tell me if you are too stuffy, having hyper-reactive airways, night terrors, and/or if your tummy/esophagus hurts - but we need to not get up in the night and then not wake up at 5 with little to no nap. Not good for either of us.

Your mama who is begging for sleep

Dear SLP,

You weren't yourself today - not mean or anything - but just not your cheery you, you were our first therapist and I miss your cheer...hope it was an off day and that I am not just paranoid that it was us and not you.

I can get that you're tired too

Dear SN board,

I will update and be on more again - I am just so tired lately AND looking/applying for a new job due to pay cuts and insurance being crappy.

A fellow SN mom who is in reality that she is a mom of a SN kiddo

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