Brief Update

All of the kids' interviews with the social worker are done and Steve and our lawyer are meeting with her now. They've been meeting for an hour and 30 minutes so far. I guess that's ok since it's the first time that anyone has so much as asked him what happened. My turn is next. I just told my mom that it'll be ok because God and Jared are in control :) (Jared is our lawyer)
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We're in the midst of a behavior storm with all of our children, with the notable exception of the one child that instigated all of this. Brittney is angry and being really mouthy to everyone. Riley was initially scared but I think I've talked him through a lot of stuff. Now he just cries at the drop of a hat over everything. Taylor is really clingy and is also having extreme physical outbursts. This morning, Riley kicked Taylor and then Taylor ran her fingernails down Riley's arm. Zeke has been trying to get as close to me as possible. During the meeting this morning, I told him if he snuggled any closer to me, we'd become one person! Sophia is just confused. I believe she senses the tension in the house but has no idea what's really causing it. She just has bouts of crying and clinging to me, Steve or Riley but sometimes she's fine. None of this seems to bother Anthony at all, except for the fact that we've placed an "invisible bubble" around him and neither Steve or I or any of the kids are allowed to touch him. With all his extreme sensory issues, we can't affort to have him make any other accusations right now. It's the worst possible thing for him psychologically but we've got to protect the rest of the family for right now. It's the position that we've been placed in.
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