What if . . . your son received threating phone calls?

WHAT IF? . . . my son received a threating phone call on his cell phone last night. I will not go into the detail but I am hoping mad (o.k. let me have you all rolling on the floor at this point since I cannot walk right now and am laying in bed typing this hopping is a distant dream:)). I am a mother bear, Dr. Laura says "I am my kids mom", no I do not think that describes with enough GUSTO, I AM A MOTHER BEAR, I will stand 9 feet tall, I will take my big paw and claw you to the ground, I will stomp and sniff, and I will stare you down until you leave! Don't mess with my genetic stuff. (of adopted stuff).
I digress now back to the phone call, this came late in the evening and this person was not intimidated by an adult, this person knew he was not at home and knew he had older siblings. Supposing this was you? What if this was you? What would you do? Well let me tell you what will not do you any good. One whomever your cell phone carrier is cannot help you with a blocked call phone number. It does not matter how nice, or how grumpy you are. I am not sure how this is possible because they are the ones whom issue the number and track the number. They are also the ones who promptly want their money the day it is due.
Next option try to call the police department and stress the severity of the situation. Now I understand that in Police world this is a blip on there radar screen, in my world, it is my world. I am not sure if the words that were coming out of my mouth I AM AT HOME ALONE AND CANNOT WALK. Went into his ears, or, if the words, MY SON IS AUTISTIC, went into his ears, or if the words, HE WAS NOT INTIMIDATED BY AN ADULT, went into his ears? He simply said that it MUST be a 'friend' that is pranking him? A friend, really?
Well let me re-cap if you receive a blocked call - DON'T ANSWER.
Second choice - The police department took a "report"
Third choice - If the harassment continues the cell phone company can put something on his phone that tracks the numbers? (apparently only the policeman understands this because the cell phone company doesn't).
I hope that this saves you the running around that I have done.
The answer DON'T ANSWER.
Happy Friday, do something that takes your breath away this weekend!
I get to go pick up my daughters prom dress - woo-hoo- she drives me, she pushes me in my wheel chair, and well then she puts me into bed, go girl!

What if . . . you cannot sleep?

Sooo, here I am laying in bed with Gwen Stephani's song running through my mind (4'oclock) in the morning. I wonder how many of you cannot turn your brain off at night? Do you know what to do? Option one, let your mind run the circles like a hamster on it's wheel with its little legs running and running and oh wait running. Getting the picture? two, surf the internet checking all of those sites that you have a list on a little scrap of paper somewhere that you have been meaning to look at and make sure to do so until your laptop burns your legs due to lack of ventilation! Option three, Watch late night t.v. , um, I take that one back there is no value in this option, Option three, think of a way to find a good Dr in the morning to get a little help for night time 'problems'? Option four, when all else fails - Pray.
Wish me well, As I do you. Mamma J

A NEW DAY - A NEW BLOG

WHAT IF ?
After much thought and life experience I want to start what I would call a NEW BLOG. . . How many of you have ever wondered What if ? What if your child ruined there best shirt with mud and you couldn't get it out - AAAAAHHHH! well Mama J has a solution to that, how you may ask yourself? I have had 4 children 3 boys and 1 daughter and have experienced many What If's in my life. So What if you were sick to death of how your front room looked and you had no money to change it? WEELLLL, I am a decorating efficianado I love to take something old and make it look new, I like to go to good will and look at the 'bones' of an item and come home and breath new life into a piece of furniture. What if your child was diagnosed with Autism? Well I have had this happen and I could give you a wee bit of hope as to where to begin the first steps to take after you let the feeling pass that you have been hit by a train. What if your husband has an affair? Well I can offer the pros and cons as to weather you should stay married or not (I will never tell you to get divorced but I can listen) I have been through the journey. I have forgiven and stayed married and then on the second affair, well I am now a single mom. What if you were diagnosed with an incurable illness? I can offer a few words of hope because I have Multiple Sclerosis and I live with the Dr.s appointments, the medications, the shots, the physical pain, and the mental pain. What if you had a child that became involved in shall I say a form of substance abuse? Well I can offer only the journey that I have been on but also some of the tools that I put in my tool box that helped me an my family to get through that time. What if when your husband left he declared bankruptcy and that means you declared bankruptcy too? Sooo I have a wee bit of advice on how to take this sad journey. What if you wanted to purchase a home? Well I was a loan officer for 7 years and I have a lot of knowledge on how to purchase a home and how to evaluate your credit. What if you had re-decorated so many homes that your family said NO MORE painting! I took up photography. I have been shooting for 5 years. So if you love people, if you love nature, if you love looking at things in just a little bit different way than I could offer just a little bit of help on how to start shooting. Are you ready to start a fantastiticly fun journey called . . . LIFE. Lets rock and roll. Mamma J

Waiting, waiting, waiting

I spend most of my life waiting, waiting, and yes waiting. As I thought about it I was thinking about the time I spend in the Dr.s office's. You see I have MS (multiple sclerosis) and right now I honestly cannot count the number of Doctors that I have. As you know we are required to be there on time even early, because the "policy" states that if we are more than 10 minutes late your appointment will have to be rescheduled. And yet people like me I wait for the Doctor for up to an hour sometimes longer. As a tease they take you back into a room as if that means that you are any closer to actually seeing a Doctor? Now I understand that they went to medical school and I didn't but I did have a life and I hope to still have a family. I do have 4 children and well I would like to get back to being with them while I can. I realize that spending 20 days in the hospital was not a lot for some and that I should be grateful for that. But keeping up with the landfill of well crap that it has created is sooo very scarey. And so I will end this with the way I began waiting, waiting, and yes waiting to see how things will turn out. And not that it really matters but tomorrow I only have one Doctors appointment, yippie!