Ha! That’s funny, Norine. Maybe I’ll explain the meaning of my name in my next card to her.
I’m glad you had a good councelling session. Sounds like she’s doing well. Keep us updated!
Hugs & kisses,
Holly
I’ve sent an email but not from the hotmail address but my ISP account. Let me know and she can have more from downunder. And I just thought, does she like music? I could send her something she may like but otherwise never hear if you can give me a guide as to her tastes.
Her musical tastes range from anti-establishment (punk, grunge, etc.) to, laughably enough, country. However, she doesn’t have any means to listen to music in the rehab. It was a very kind offer, though.
Whatever email address you email me from, that’s what I’ll reply to, unless you requested otherwise in your email. When I get your email, I’ll send you her address.
She thinks it’s cool that she’s getting cards and stuff from other countries.
I’m sending you an e-mail now!
email sent
Norine, any further updates on your daughter?
What a timely post!
I just talked to her, less than an hour ago, for our ten-minute Wednesday evening chat. She’s having a rough time. Some of the girls in there have decided that they don’t like her, and are harrassing her. She’s really thinking about dropping out, and says her three weeks in there have been “a wake-up call” and she can make it on the outside now. I think she needs to stay in there, though. Is it rough in there? Yeah. Do I think it’ll be easier on the outside? No way. I think on the outside, it’ll be too easy, when she becomes frustrated or angry about something, to deal with it by using. I told her that when her father and I come in Sunday, we will have a meeting with her case manager to see what can be done about the harrassment.
Keep good thoughts for us, folks! And keep the mail coming!
Oops, I sent something off on Monday or Tuesday, I think. My sense of time falls apart during a deadline. Anyway, coming through Canada Post, I have no idea how long it’ll take.
best wishes to her, and to you, Norine.
She got your package, and she loves it!
I talked to her last night, she’s doing much better now, and has decided to stay! Yay! She’s getting lots of mail. I won’t know who all she’s gotten stuff from until tomorrow, as our phone calls can only last for ten minutes, so she didn’t have time to tell me about all of the mail.
Okay, I got it out about a week later than I meant to get it out. However, I’m kind of in the area, so she should get it reasonably soon anyway.
I’m glad she decided to stay. Good luck to all of you, especially when consulting her case manager.
That might turn out to be for the best. She’s already getting lots of mail, and this way, yours might arrive after the flow slows a little.
When I talked to her last night, she said they’re considering moving her to a different pod. That would mean roommates/podmates who are less hostile towards her. I think it would make her life there a little more pleasant. I’ll know tomorrow if they decided to do that.
Once again: Good luck on her, norinew. She must be going through a rough time. I hope the change will go through, tomorrow.
btw: I did forget to put my user name ‘gum’ on my card and book. :o
[she is allowed books, right? It’s a book about Edward Hopper, the artist] I believe I’m the only one from Amsterdam, the Netherlands [?], so it might be easy to figure out who was so stupid not to mention her username. heh.
Good luck to you too. Keep up the strenght.
Well, when she mentions she got a book from the Netherlands, I’ll be sure and tell her it’s from you.
Thanks for the good thoughts!
I’m glad it arrived safely and that she likes it. Good luck to her. 
I’m also happy to hear she plans to stick it out in the treatment center.
I sent her a postcard I happened to find when I unpacked. I’ll wait a couple of weeks and send something more substantial…
My postcard went off in today’s mail. I’ll be sending something else in a few days. Glad to hear she’s responding.
I told her in my card that I had gone through a five week inpatient pain clinic a few years ago, so I have some idea of what she’s going through. I’m going to look for some drawings she might enjoy - hope to send them out in a week.
All good thoughts are with you guys!
That’s great, guys.
BTW, Mr.FantsyPants, the Mandalas you sent her are the hit of the unit. Once the other girls saw them, they wanted to color, too, so one of the staffers made copies. When we went to see her Sunday, there were Mandalas everywhere, in various stages of being colored!
Somehow, that makes it all worthwhile. Seriously though, I was afraid they’d be deemed thoroughly uncool, and quickly ignored. My cool-o-meter has been out of whack since, well, um, since forever, if I’m honest about it.
If you think more would be appreciated before she gets tired of them, let me know.
I just sent you an email, norine.
Just put mine in the company mail. Wanted to wait until the initial response was over, so that she still had things coming after a few weeks. It will go out tomorrow.