Today is the day. We are headed to East Tennessee as soon as the kids are at school. Sam has been told. He is very upset about not being able to take all his "stuff"...actually very upset about not staying home(because he thinks everything is going great) or not going back to Potters(because he should get another chance). Over the last few days we have had to keep Sam so close, and even then he continues to do things we specifically say not to do. The difference is that we are just right there watching and it doesn't get out of hand. The last few days have been all about Sam (which is what Sam likes), but hard on everyone else. No remorse for past behaviors and he truly has no desire to change his behavior. It's just sad.
We are approved by the RTC, now we just need our insurance to kick in and run the approval. It can't be petitioned until he is there so we have had to wait.
It is going to be a long day but we hope to feel good about the choices by the time we are traveling home tonight!
Hooray!!! You summed it up perfectly - with children like Sam (and a few of mine) they need 24/7 line of sight supervision (no exaggeration - you need to know where they are and what they're doing at ALL times) and that is exhausting for everyone. Who really wants to keep a child so close that is being so incredibly unlikable? Who wants to invest every second of their time and energy into someone who is just always looking for a way to get around them? EXHAUSTING and very hard on the rest of the kids who know what the disruptive child is doing is wrong but not knowing WHY that child gets all of mom and dad's time.
ReplyDeleteBelieve me - the drive will be worth it!!