Well I was right. April is pacing back and forth like a caged tiger in her new foster home placement. She is determined to make them let her come home. Her worker is determined to let her stay there.

In the meantime we are determined to use our time away from April wisely. So we will be going down state for a stress free weekend with our family.

The new movie "Cars" will be coming out by Friday and my grandson Devin and I have a date. Angela is welcome to come along or stay and play with her older sister. Off to the movies it is for grandpa, Devin and I.

Which brings me back to April. She is fit to be tied that we are having fun without her. She is so used to trying to manipulate our lives that she is angry that she will not be going with us. When the anger didn't work she tried guilt.

April said it was not fair for her to be forgotten about and left here and for her not to be able to see her family. Which is her sister and her two nephews. Hummmmmmm how sad that she had to get locked up and placed in Foster Care if her family meant so much to her. (giggle) So no her guilt trip did not work either. Which only made her more furious. Of course with us.

So she pulled out her trump card. "You love Angela more than you love me." Nope that didn't work either. If we didn't love her we would not be sitting there listening to her whine.

How long will she be there? Foster Mom says maybe till she ages out of care. Her worker Lisa is not returning any of our phone calls. So we have no clue. According to April she is getting a weekend pass to come see her friends here. Then coming home next weekend. We shall see.

All I know is... I'm done... It is... or the highway to Foster Care.

Love can do many things for us in life. It can fill our lives with joy and happiness. It can encourage us, rebuild us, protect us and some times harm us.

When all is said and done, a person must be willing to accept our love or our love is wasted and will not do anything positive for that person.

For children who are willing to love and be loved, life after adoption can be splendid. For those who fight against love and do not want to be loved, it can make each day a struggle to live through.

It is time for April to make her choice. We love her but we will not put up with her disrespect and abuse anymore.

(someone remind me to reread this when I miss her)

(giggles) It is just another day in the life of living with Bipolar children who have IEP and ODD. Check out my subjects in the Childhood Disorders Category if you want to know what IEP and ODD are.

For those of you who follow along with us and my issues with April, say a prayer for her new Foster Mom. She has no idea what she is in for. She says she has 39 years of experience working with troubled children. I do believe her. I just think April is a Little Zebra of a different color.