MWNews 115

It's been so I long I forgot how to do this.  I don't have a lot of new pictures, actually I do, but I will use what I can find.

A bit of sad news to start out.  Juanita and I have separated.  I won't go into it a lot but just say it was not my choice and I am still hopeful.  Not sure why, but that should be all I say.

I live in Tasmania now.  Been here for a couple of years.  I chased Juanita and the kids over here.  I live in Huonville, they live in Kingston.  Look it up.  About a 20 minute drive between the two of us.

We have not worked out a schedule of when I see the kids yet.  Not sure how all this will work.  I am starting to write in here again as a kind of therapy for me.  Not a happy camper.

But enough of that.  Some kid news.  Maeghan and William both go to St. James Catholic Collage.  It is about a 20 minute drive from where I live, about an hour from where they live.  It is kind of far for them to take the bus each day but I didn't have the choice.

They like the school.  The used to go to Sacred Heart in Geeveston when they first came over here.  They like that school.  It was pretty good there, small and plenty of individual attention.  Not that Maeghan needs it but William does.

William has some learning problems.  They are still diagnosing what they might be.  He cannot read yet and he is already in fourth grade.  He can read some but not very well and he does not remember what he had read for any length of time.  They think dyslexia but I am not sure they know.  As they only do test once a year, they have made no progress in diagnosing what his problem is.

But he tries.  Sometimes.  Not always.  He is very enthusiastic but he gets bored or distracted easily and it is hard for him to concentrate for any length of time.  But everyone says he is willing to try so I suppose that is something.

He gets in trouble a lot in class as he is always willing to speak his mind and does not know when it is appropriate to do so and when it is not.  But again, they say he is getting better.  I think we can work it out but without me seeing him on a daily basis, it makes it very very hard.

Maeghan is great.  The teacher told me the other day that she is a big asset in the class.  She one of the only ones that actually pays attention and she is very helpful with the others in getting the work done.  She tells me that most of the boys in class are very disruptive and the teacher cannot control them most of the time, so they spend a lot of time going over and over the same things.  The teacher says Maeghan is always there to help explain things and the other kids seem to look up to her.

Which is hard as Maeghan has still not, and never will, grow up a lot.  She is still tiny but she has gotten over a meter tall now and they expect her final growth spurt to begin soon.  She might make four feet.  We hope so.

The doctors have said it could be bad for her as she grows but we are hoping for the best.  She is such a good girl and willing to try anything.  We love her very much.  As we do William also.  I am hoping to remain an influence on their lives but the current situation does not bode well for that.  We will have to see.

I am going to close this now as I am depressing myself.  Maybe I can get back into a rhythm with this and it will begin to be helpful again.  I started it the last time to help me with the way I was missing my family.  As they never responded, that didn't work well but for a while it did me some good.

Until next time