It's Tuesday and you know what that means!

Time for a little Gratitude with Attitude! Thanks to Zgirl over at Think Tank Mama for this great idea. It is the best therapy and just what I needed! I have someone very very deserving of thanks this week. Enjoy!

Dear Un-named Mental Health Professional, (Yes, the same one I wrote to previously! She is a slow learner.)

I really want to thank you for your dilligence and follow through. You have been such a joy to work with and it is just awesome the way you take care of all the details for me. I admit, I was a little skeptical when you said to let you handle all the planning that had to take place. But, you assured me you would manage it. I could relax. Gosh, thanks.

I am especially grateful for the way in which you promised to follow up with my kid and make sure he was completing the part of this very important task which you assigned to him and then you did nothing! And thank you for being so predictable when you sat in front of me and blamed my kid for not following through with what you promised. That was nice. I really appreciated that.

And thank you so much for the way you have spoken to me during our time working together. You know, I hear too many kind words so I really like the way you said my husband and I need to "step up". And you had every right to say that since you had known my kid for about 12 days at the time and never even met me or my husband. Way to knock us down a few notches. That was fun. I am confused though because at our last meeting you said I was "enabeling" and you used the word "co-dependant". Now, I am not sure you can pull that one off. I might be a detached parent who needs to "step up" or I might be a "co-dependant enabeler". But I don't see how I can be both. Maybe it's that Master's Degree that makes you so much smarter than me. Either way, please know how much I appreciate your opinion of my parenting.

I don't want to take up too much of your time because I know you are really busy doing very important tasks. But, I would be remiss if I did not mention your communication skills. Thank you so very much for keeping me informed. I bet there are a lot of parents who want to know every. single. little. thing. that happens. Not me, I'd just like to be kept informed of the big stuff. So, thanks ever so much for that phone call 48 hours after you called the paramedics for my kid! And thanks for answering all my questions with, "I don't know." or "I really don't know." As a parent, it is just great knowing my kid is in such capable hands.

So, thanks for the huge lack of support and the extra judgement. It has been a pleasure working together. I am really going to miss it. You have just been delightful.

Sparkily cupcakes!

Love,

Advocate Mom