AS YOU KNOW FROM M PROFILE IT SAYS IM A SINGLE MOM OF 2 VERY CHALLENGING CHILDREN WHEN I SAY THAT IT IS BECAUSE MY 7 YEAR OLD SON HAS BIPO;AR DISORDER/ADHD/ODD IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS PLEASE EDUCATE YOURSELF ON IT YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOULL MEET AND HAVING SOMEONE YOU LOVE SO DEARLY SUFFER FROM THIS IIS VERY DIFFICULT MORE DIFFICULT WHEN THEY ARE YOUNGER AND DIAGNOSED THAN OLDER ITS HARDER TO FIND THE RIGHT MEDICATIONS MY SONHAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF HOSPITALS SINCE HE WAS 4 AND IN 2006 THEY PUT HIM IN A GROUP HOME AND HE SUFFERED BADLY FROM SEPERATION ANXIETY SO DID I .SO IN DEC 2006 I DECIDED TO TAKE LEAVE FROM WORK AND TAKE HIM OUT OF THE GROUP HOME AND FOCUS ALL MY TIME ON HIM AND MY DAUGHTER.WELL THE SYSTEM SUCKS AS SOME OF YOU KNOW AND THE SCHOOL WOULD ONLY ALLOW HIM TO GO FOR 1 HOUR A DAY NO ACADEMICS I FOUGHT THIS FOR 2 YEARS SO I WAS UNABLE TO GO BACK TO WORK OR EVEN GET A PART TIME JOB I FOUGHT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM CONTINOUSLY AND IT SEEMED TO BE A LOSING BATTLE WHEN YOU LIVE IN A POOR COUNTY BD FOR THE KIDS THAT HAS THESE PROBLEMS AND ARE JUST FALLING THROUGHTHE SYSTEM.MY BROTHER AND FIANCE ASKED ME TO MOVE HERE AND STAY WITH THEM SO THEY COULD HELP ME GET BACK ON MY FEET IF IT WERENT FOR THEM I DONT KNOW WHERE WE WOULD BE RIGHT NOW PROB STILL BATTLING WITH THE SCHOOL AND PIERCE LAGGING BEHIND SINCE IVE BEEN HERE IN KNIGHTDALE I HAVE GOTTEN MY SON ACCEPTED IN A SCHOOL ALL DAY AND HE LOVES IT BUT STILL STRUGGLES SOME CHANGE IS ALOT FOR BIPOLAR PERSON TO ADJUST TO BUT HAVING MY BROTHER AROUND AS A MALE MODEL HELPS OUT ALOT I STILL HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO GET A FULL TIME JOB YET DUE TO FINDING A DAYCARE THT WILL TAKE MY SON WITH HIS DISORDER THEY LOOK AT IT AS A LIABILITY AT LEAST YET ANYWAY WE HAVE LOTS OF DOCTORS APPTS AND THERAPY TO HELP HIM LEARN TO COPE WTH ISSUES THAT ARISE I HAV A PART TIME JOB WORKING AT A DROP OF DAYCARE WICH I LOVE BECAUSE I LOVE WORKING WITH KIDS BUT ITS ONLY A FEW HOURS A WEEK WHEN SOMEONE CALLS OUT I FILL IN SO IM NOT MAKING ENOUGH TO PROVIDE FOR US HAVE A CAR THAT HAS TO BE PAID FOR TO GET US BACK IN FORTH INSURANCE AND PHONE TO KEEP WITH ME AT ALL TIMES JUST IN CASE THE SCHOOL NEEDS ME AND MY BROTHER N FIANCE ARE DOIN ALL THEY CAN DO MY SON AND DAUGHTER NEED STABILITY AND SO DO I AND AS I SAID MY BROTHER AND FIANCE ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN BY LETTING US STAY HERE I CANT ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE AND WE ARE THANKFULMY DAUGHTER HAS PROBLEMS ALSO SHE HAS ADHD AND HAS BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED AND WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE LEGAL ISSUES WITHTHAT I KNEW SOMETHING WAS GOING ON BUT DIDNT KNOW WHAT SHE JUST WOULDNT TELL FINALLY JULY 2007 ON MY B-DAY SHE TOLD THIS HAS LIFTED ALOT OFF HER AND THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER WITH  HER BUT I UNDERSTAND THIS IS GONNA BE A LONG ROAD JOURNEY FOR HER AND SHE IS GONNA HAVE MAJOR TRUST ISSUES TO DEAL WITH WE HAVE ALOT TO DEAL WITH AND ALOT MORE CHALLENGES AHEAD I KNOW GOD HAS SOMETHING WONDERFUL INSTORE FOR US AND WILLING TO WAIT  IF ANYONE READING MY BLOG WOULD LIKE TO HELP US OUT IN ANY WAY I HAVE A PAYPAL ACCOUNT SET UP I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE IT A TRY IF ANYONE IS ABLE MY ADDRESS FOR PAYPAL IS SLHP27@AOL.COM IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED IF NOT PLEASE JUST KEEP US IN YOUR PRAYERSTHANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ MY BLOG AND I WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE HOW THINGS ARE GOING WITH US THANKS