Unhinged and Unbroken

So I have a semi-unique relationship with my parents. I was a difficult child to deal with (I am pretty sure I had ADD or ADHD) and it was a constant battle with me to try to get me to do right. I ditched school, I was destructive and even at my best I was a pain in the ass. At the age of 15 I dropped out of school and my parents, in an effort to force me back into school, kicked me out with the admonishment that if I was out of school I was out of their house.

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So once a month or so the entire family here gets together and has dinner. This is a mandate from my mom in order to foster a better sense of family and so everyone can catch up on what is going on.

Today was family day. Unfortunately my niece and her boyfriend showed up as well. My niece has been on the run from her mom and the rest of the family for the last several months and a couple of weeks ago we found out she was pregnant. She is sixteen years old and the father is twenty-two.

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Anyone who has met my family has met my youngest daughter Raven. Raven is a petite little girl who is very energetic and has been a large trial in my life. She has ADHD and because of it she is always running at high speed even with medication to help level her out. We have fought long and hard trying to help her gain some self control.

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So Christmas has come and gone. Was nice holiday season for the most part. Kids got what they wanted and I had all I wanted. Spent Christmas day with family and all was good.

One of the projects that I finally complete was building a computer for my nephew. This has been an ongoing project for the last year or so due to cost involved. My sister got a new computer and brought me her old one so I could rape it for parts. New computer was built after much fighting and a few issues with getting an operating system to load. Hard drive just did not want to play nice.

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So we have been back in Tucson for a little over a year now. We came back to this pit of a place because my oldest daughter lives here and I missed quite a bit of her growing up while we lived in Virginia. Like ten years worth of growing up….

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