Deep Breath

I called the oncologist's office this morning, and at lunchtime a nurse called to give me the good news.  Everything looks nice and stable - no changes in the residual tumor.  Even though this is wonderful news, it took a few deep breaths to get that message from my brain to the rest of my body.  I didn't realize just how keyed up I was about the results until I heard the good news.  It's possible that pesky insomnia that's been keeping me from falling asleep the past few weeks might be related to this MRI.  I guess we'll see tonight!

I'm going to have a whole post about it later, but just one week into listening to Peaceful Parent, Happy Child, I have found it to be transformative in how I feel as a parent. I knew something was missing in our relationship, that there was something Finn needed that I was missing, and this was it.  Empathy.  So simple, and yet so profound. The MRI was really rough on Finn, and his behavior has reflected this over the past few days.  I have been so much better equipped to handle his behavior, and as a result, he went to sleep tonight with a smile on his face, despite a few tricky moments earlier in the night that would usually have led to both of us being upset and exhausted. I'm looking forward to continuing to work on my peaceful parenting skills and seeing how our relationship grows and strengthens in the process.