My heart is weeping lately from everything that Alec is undergoing. It appears that we are building to a huge emotional crisis with him. He has had such a rough time over the past several years. So many moves, from city to city, within city, etc. His parents separating, the problems in school, getting sick and more. Everything seems to be coming to a head. Today he openly grieved about the separation. You think you’re doing everything “right”. Parents are good friends, both with a strong vested interest in his well being. We’re both actively involved in his life. Lots of love and affection. Yet even when you do everything by the book it still doesn’t deflect a little boy’s grief over his changed life. He told me today that his life changed forever last year. He’s right, it did. And he seemed to have recovered and dealt with the separation well. But today everything surfaced again. I think partly from the emotional experiences he has been undergoing at school. In his mind, the last time he was really happy was before the separation and now with problems at school being exacerbated, everything has come to a peak. All I know, is that I’ll do whatever I have to, to help him. If it means moving schools, more counselling, whatever, I’ll do it.