Interesting observations

I'll get to the picture in a minute. Hang with me.

We're about to go on vacation, so everyone is excited. With children starting to attach or not quite attached (reactive attachment disorder), that means **make that sound where you run your fingers up and down on your puckered lips**.

After our "pop quiz" Wednesday night, Mar Mar has done all of her school each day, quickly and correctly. Granted (and thus the title of my post) I have seen the reemergence of so many little controlling behaviors I have not seen in several weeks. These are the kind of behaviors that show anxiety and being "on edge" - needing to do some strong sitting and tapping. As I pondered this change, I realized how comfortable she felt when she was being extremely belligerent and had a nice, big fat wall built between herself and her family. Yet now, being a family girl and letting her Mom be Mom and feeling some closeness again - FREAK OUT!

Thanks to Lisa for the suggestion, I just got my copy of "Invisible Heroes" and will start recording some imagery exercises tonight. If you have a child with attachment issues, and you have not spent countless hours on Lisa's site, then get your can over there. She is a giant vat of ideas!

To leave you with another interesting observation for the weekend that has NOTHING to do with attachment disorder (and the crowd says, "THANK YOU!") ... ladies, have you ever been in a public restroom and caught a big whiff of hormonal, musty, "old lady" smell? You know what I'm talking about?

Well, have you ever looked around and realized that your 36-year-old, peri-menopausal self is the ONLY PERSON IN THE BATHROOM?

Just curious. I'm asking for a friend.




(photo by meral akbulut)