Happy Monday – Challenges

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Monday July 29, 2024

– Third Quarter Moon Phase – realign, revise, reorient, surrender, complete

7/29/2024 @ 7:00 AM EST

– Retrogrades in 2024 – 

  • Pluto – May 2 – October 12
  • Saturn – June 30 – November 15
  • Neptune – July 2 – December 7
  • Chiron – July 26 – December 29
  • Mercury – August 5 – August 28

– Moon in TAURUS –  Void of Course 4:59 PM – 5:28 PM moving to GEMINI

– Best Days (from the Farmer’s Almanac)  – 
July 29th – 30th – Write, Host a Party, Buy a Car, Mow to Slow Growth, Harvest, Kill Plant Pests, Wash Wooden Floors, Quit Smoking, Cut Hair to Slow Growth

– Planting Calendar (from the Farmer’s Almanac) – July 29th – 30th – Poor days for planting, seeds tend to rot in ground. Good harvest days.

– Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Year: – 20 ARIES: a young girl feeding birds in winter

– Aspect of the Aeon Sophia: (Wisdom): – Kali – The Destroyer

– Aspect of the Aeon Thelete: (Will/Desire): Kathe, God of the South – Waves and Music

– Sabian Symbol for the Solar-Lunar Month – New Moon in Cancer SUN/MOON – 15 CANCER: a group of people who have overeaten and enjoyed it   (EARTH – 15 CAPRICORN: in a hospital, the children’s ward is filled with toys)

SUN – 07 LEO: the constellations of stars in the sky

EARTH – 07 AQUARIUS: a child born out of an eggshell

Happy Monday! Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think. – Christopher Robin

Challenges at Home

The intention of a Happy Monday is not always easy. I chose the message today in honor of Aaron, my son.

My wife stated things on her Facebook page:

Some food for thought for parents with children suffering with mental health issues. You wake up each morning praying that today will be a good day: walking on eggshells for fear that anything you say or do will set off a meltdown; not reacting when some stranger looks at you in judgment that you’re not controlling your child; loving your child as you get hit, kicked, bit; having something thrown at you; knowing that much of that is beyond their control. And if that day ever comes when you have to place your child into a short term facility (an action that affects the whole family) knowing that you are doing the right thing but breaking your heart all the same. Raising a child with special needs is not for the faint of heart and you need to have a team of people who are there to support you. Many thanks to our team. You know who you are.

Over the weekend, Aaron was having a bad day. There have been many over the past few weeks. It is summer. There is less structure and more downtime. He had just finished summer school, and was looking at the next 4 weeks without a whole lot to do. Change is not good for him.

Autism is not fun for any of us. He must live with it. We must live with him. Few answers, few solutions.

While we neuro typicals should know this and understand it. When you are in the trenches, it is easy to forget. No matter how ridiculous an argument over the number of his stuffed animals, or rocks or coins we will allow him to carry around, for him it feels like life or death. And far too often we see that struggle and see it turn on a dime to rage. And at 6 feet and 210 lbs., you do not want to be in the way.

And then the neighbors all see and hear it. They witness the police, the handcuffs, the screaming and pleas for help.

The family has all seen it, felt it lived it. The punching, kicking, threatening with sticks and knives. Real life trauma that we have lived over and over again.

At the hospital, not much more than a five minute ride away, all is calm and serene. 0 – 100 – 0. Unfortunately something had to be done. More than threats. More than restrictions or loss of items.

Is there a special cocktail of magical pharmaceuticals that will maintain safety? More therapy? More behavior support staff? We have yet to find it. That is what “the professionals” will be doing over the next month or so. And we will see where that takes us.

Saying goodbye to him last night was not easy. The Christopher Robin quote I found this morning fit what I wanted to be able to say to him and fit as a wonderful reminder for all of us on this Happy Monday.

I printed it out as a coloring page for him when I can visit next week. What is another 2 hour drive.