Today, marks my son’s ADHD testing – round 2. I can’t believe that it is time for him to be retested. It seems like yesterday, I was sitting in the lobby of the Psychologist’s office, anxiously waiting to send him back for his first day.

Today, was a completely feeling. Today, as I went to the Psychologist’s office, we talked about the last time he took the test. We talked about ADHD in general. We talked about the importance of him being retested.

My level of anxiousness was minimal, as was my son’s. And I’m glad. I think that I needed his sense of assurance, as much as he needed mine.

We have been talking a lot about ADHD, the importance of controlling ourselves, as best as he can. We talked about things that he can do, like yoga and meditation, things that we have both been doing more of this summer as way to stay focused and in control.

Today’s testing is really more for his 504 plan with school this year, if nothing else. His hyperactivity is still there, that is very obvious. But he needs to have this test to ensure that he is still diagnosed with ADHD and then we can allow for him to have accommodations at school this year.

So as I sit in Starbucks, drinking yet another cup of coffee this morning, my mind wonders. What is my son doing now? What testing are they doing? How focused is he? Is he going to present signs of autism this time? Not that it matters, but the Psychologist brought it up, so my mind goes there this morning.

I find myself looking around the room at Starbucks. There are kids running around. There are couples talking. There are a group of what appears to be high school students that are doing a bible study. Everyone is smiling, but what is not being said or emotion being shown?

We all struggle. We all have stuff (use another adjective) that we deal with, but sometimes we put on a smile and move forward. What we deal with my son is minor in comparison to most. Is it a lot to us, some days, but we try to keep in perspective life. The importance of today and being grateful for what we have, today.

So in 1 hour, I’ll pickup my son, with a snack in hand and day 1 of his ADHD testing will be done.