Thank you to nurse Martha in the emergency room at Tri-City Medical Center for the big hug and the attention she gave my grandson. Thank you to the firemen and paramedics and if we missed anyone, thank you too. I noticed two political cartoons about Ritalin on the Opinion page. I have a sense of humor and use it much in my work. I also believe we should not take life or ourselves too seriously.
Laughter does cure much.
However, I do want to point out the other side of the story of Ritalin. And as a rule, these children are found to be even brighter than the average, just not functioning. Not getting the proper help or support as children sends these kids into adulthood with such low opinions of themselves they often cannot function up to even their capabilities due to their self-fulfilling prophecy of failure. Everything was fine for a while. Then the manager began spreading rumors that she was moving everyone around and evicting all the riffraff.