Journey

The past few months my husband and I have been on quite the journey. We recently were given joint custody of his daughter "M" and her residency is now with us. It has been a difficult road the past 3 months, mostly because M doesn't want to be here but because of circumstances in her former home, she is here. There have been a lot of behavioral/attitude issues, but we are working thru them slowly but surely with consistency in our parenting and the help of an awesome Psychotherapist. Even if she won't talk to him that much we do and he is helping us implement strategies that will help her. "M" has adjusted to school and seems to be doing very well. She played soccer this fall and is also in AWANA at a local church and really seems to enjoy that. Her father and I enjoy it too, as a 2hr date night!! We are seeing baby steps in progress but baby steps are good steps toward a future recovery and healing in our hearts and minds. We are on the way to builing a solid family relationship that hopefully we will all carry with us forever.