memories

One day several months ago I took Calvin and Lexey out to the mall. Calvin wanted to wear his robe.  Several thoughts about this: #1. this is one of the LEAST embarrassing things he has done to me #2. it's not worth even creating an issue over something as unimportant as clothes #3. It is kind of strange at 11 years old that he doesn't  have any bit of the social appropriateness of these kinds of things.  #4. he's darling  #5. The gap widens between him and healthy kids which is hard to see

 

 

Poor thing gets terrible ingrown fingernails. They get really infected and I have to watch him closely. One of these days I'm sure he'll get a serious infection and need to go to the dr. for it.

 

 

sometimes I feel like a bad mom that I don't have calvin wearing glasses or contacts on a regular basis. Especially since we fought tooth and nail to save his vision by patching for all those years.  But I guess I do try. This year before school started I got Calvin new glasses. He had them for about two weeks before destroying them.  You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. Sometimes we get so thirsty around here I forget that I had offered water. Another year without corrected vision. Next year we'll try again. Between now and then I'll try to remind myself not to feel guilty for this failure.