Blue Eyed Boy

Meet My Blue Eyed Boy

                I have a beautiful blue eyed boy.  He’s sweet, energetic, funny, creative and smart, but these wonderful traits are often masked by other not so pleasing traits.  The traits that are related to his ADHD such as impulsive, unfocused, disobedient, and sometimes even mean.   Those are the words that people who do not really know him would describe him as, but lucky for me I am his mother.  I have seen how far he has come and how hard he has worked to gain even a little control. 

  

                How do I have these two beings in my wonderful little boy?  One amazing and sweet and loving, and one surviving the day, feeling like his body is going to go everywhere at any minute if he does not move.  Seeing something and having to touch it, thinking a thought and having to say it.  Getting angry and not knowing how to think through the problem and just reacting.   So how do I get people to see past the unfocused, hyper, and disobedient kid to see the true loving, sweet kid underneath?

                I know how great my kid is, but it is hard to sit back and watch the constant time outs, redirection, and discipline he gets at school, church and at home in order to keep that small amount of progress moving forward.  He has so much negative in his life, yet he stays so positive.  It reaffirms to me his true character, not just his symptoms.  But his symptoms have really become a part of him as well.  He is who he is, and I love him no matter what.

 I can truly say that I am so proud of him.  Most days he gives 110%, even though it not apparent, because out of that 110% he’s only successful 50% of the time.  Most people would give up if they were faced with as much failure as he does.  I admire him and how much he tries every day!   He inspires me to be a better person and mother.  What more can you ask for in a son!