Things are great.

Hi there,

I haven't written lately. Things are going very well. Bryn is in L.A. for 5 days on a band trip this week, and very excited to room with his 5 closest friends and see disneyland and Universal Studios.

In the past few months Bryn  has really found his stride. Bryn applied to, University to do a Bachelors in Motion Picture Arts. His passion is film. He received wonderful references from two of his teachers. My gawd, he has fabulous teachers this year. Fabulous human beings. Truly.

Bryn took Pre-calculus 11 last year and almost failed the first term because of his high number of absences and his general hatred of math. Hi teacher was insane :-&  also and that was a problem. LOL! So he withdrew and began the course, doing on-line learning, instead. He was supposed to finish last June but in his usual procrastinating way he didn't. Procrastination was only part of the problem, though  - he was still depressed and anxious, not believing in himself, feeling very upset up about his ALPS. He did tutoring all the rest of the year, though, weekly, as well as this year, until last week. Recently he wrote the mid-term and got 80% and then the final and again got 80%. With the 52% from his in class experience he gets 76%!! If you knew Bryn, you'd realize how amazing this all is. He not only passed the course with flying colours, he learned to apply himself, to learn, to work methodically and to achieve something that is difficult for him and do it well. It is a super-hot win for him. And it builds his confidence in big ways.

Previous years, he consciously managed his time and work so he got 50% or maybe 57% in his courses, moderating his efforts becasue he misses so much school. Hi school counsellor felt it was amazing that he even passed. But he is not  a 50% guy. He is very, very bright. And it is amazing to see the growth, the comfort with himself, his clarity about what he wants and his efforts improve. Now he is who he is instead of a kid miserable and terrified with an autoimmune syndrome.

He is still working out at the gym several days a week and with this new found happiness and calmness, plus the successes, he is not getting viruses all the time either. It is amazing.

Last night he wrote an IQ test on-line. I know these things have limited value ... but he got 133. He came and said to us that he was really starting to believe he is smart. We all knew that, including his teachers, he was just spinning his wheels in trauma and fear. He isn't doing that anymore and if he does he is aware and we can nip it in the bud quickly.


Hallelujah!!!!!!

Cathy