As different as night and day

I think I could describe Ryan like that. The medicine that he started yesterday works immediately - no having to build up in your body for a month or so. He started it yesterday. Today, we played 3 games of Yahtzee together. Something we would never have been able to do last week because he would have gotten angry about something that didn't go his way. He would have been blaming someone for touching the dice the wrong way or messing him up in some way.

Today -- he was pleasant. He was smiling. He was mannerly. He was fun to be around. WOW. Fun to be around. When I told Jacob that, he just looked at me like I had carrots growing out of my ears. "Hard to imagine" he said. "Those words being in the same sentence without the word NOT being in there, too."

That's what we've been living with for some time. I wrote to his teacher yesterday to get the phone number of his friend and she replied in part, "We did notice a nervousness or anxiety recently (pulling at his fingers and hands) but if we mentioned, "was everything ok? he quickly said, "yes."" So I guess his stress was escalating at school and it was coming out more at home.

Today, when we discussed him being homeschooled again, he seemed much more relaxed about it. And to top everything off, tonight, when we called him and he talked to Jacob, he told Jacob that he loved him. Can't recall that happening - ever.

I told my Tuesday night Bible study a few weeks ago that I needed "a miracle" for Ryan. I think I may be getting it.

Romans 12:12
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.