Oh, Ann, I'm sorry to hear about what's going on with Victoria
I don't think a mom could ever be prepared to hear a serious diagnosis, but at least you all have a very good plan in place
I'm so very sorry that Victoria admitted to thinking about self-harming, but thank goodness she was open about it! Please don't put the blame for her feelings all on yourself! It's so hard not to, but try. I know because I did the same thing with Coy. I just knew that I was at least partially at fault for his anxiety issues. I felt that if I had just done
something different, he wouldn't have these problems. I couldn't let that go until his psychiatrist told me that it wasn't anything I did that caused him to feel how he did. Medication didn't work for Coy, but therapy definitely helped. It's a process and I'm sure Victoria will be much better once she can start to talk all of this out. Which brings me to another point: I also felt like a failure when I realized Coy needed counseling. I thought, "Why can't he just talk to me?" but I soon saw that his counselor had a very different way to get through to him. She was able to give him tools to help him cope. He still has a way to go, but there has been some change. I truly hope things work out well for Victoria in counseling.
I'm so excited for your NYC trip
I hope you, Victoria and your mom have a great time!
I hope you can convince Peter to stay onsite in March! I think you gave a pretty compelling argument right there! Just have him read that post!
Staying at All Star Sports makes perfect sense to me. But I'm a Disney addict. I'm biased