A favor from my friends....
I'm posting this in LJ cause some of my family reads facebook as my dad and sister didn't want me to know about this.
I came into posession of some news a few days ago that's weighing on me more than I expected. My adopted sister and her husband are seperated as of about 2 months ago. My sister was diagnosed years ago severe bipolar with..... some associative disorder I think... I forget the details, but they think her medications are out of wack. They are both seeing a counselor and she's seeing her psychologist for a complete re-evaluation of her condition and medications.
They have 3 kids: 3, 5 and 6 all adopted whom my parents, age 70 and 76, are currently watching. Since my divorce, my dad's sorta felt like he failed me somehow and now with my sister.... hes a MESS. My mom's had nervous disorders for years and I can tell talking to her this is taking it's toll. Brian (the brother in law) is obviously a nervous wreck and apparently my sister has just completely lost it. Even her kids, the oldest Erin is waking up in screaming sweating panic attacks and Wesley can't sleep at all.....
None of them, my parent's included are having anything CLOSE to an easy time of it. My family has always been the dearest thing to me in this world and it seems like they are on the verge of just completely caving in.
Normally with any kind of family crisis I'd call up and talk, visit, take their mind off things, discuss things...... Be Their Family. But since my sister and father don't want me to know yet (they apparently think I have enough stress).. I'm feeling rather powerless, something I don't often feel with family. So I'm hoping that members of my second family might have just a moment or two to say a prayer, think good thoughts, send some energy, light a candle, any little thing like that would be a bigger thing than you think to me.
I came into posession of some news a few days ago that's weighing on me more than I expected. My adopted sister and her husband are seperated as of about 2 months ago. My sister was diagnosed years ago severe bipolar with..... some associative disorder I think... I forget the details, but they think her medications are out of wack. They are both seeing a counselor and she's seeing her psychologist for a complete re-evaluation of her condition and medications.
They have 3 kids: 3, 5 and 6 all adopted whom my parents, age 70 and 76, are currently watching. Since my divorce, my dad's sorta felt like he failed me somehow and now with my sister.... hes a MESS. My mom's had nervous disorders for years and I can tell talking to her this is taking it's toll. Brian (the brother in law) is obviously a nervous wreck and apparently my sister has just completely lost it. Even her kids, the oldest Erin is waking up in screaming sweating panic attacks and Wesley can't sleep at all.....
None of them, my parent's included are having anything CLOSE to an easy time of it. My family has always been the dearest thing to me in this world and it seems like they are on the verge of just completely caving in.
Normally with any kind of family crisis I'd call up and talk, visit, take their mind off things, discuss things...... Be Their Family. But since my sister and father don't want me to know yet (they apparently think I have enough stress).. I'm feeling rather powerless, something I don't often feel with family. So I'm hoping that members of my second family might have just a moment or two to say a prayer, think good thoughts, send some energy, light a candle, any little thing like that would be a bigger thing than you think to me.