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What would you do if your child suffered with something so severe it affected every aspect of her life?And what if your cries for help fell on deaf ears at every turn? You'd follow your gut and fight until someone listened. And that's what Chynna Laird did. When she was just three months old, Jaimie's reactions to people and situations seemed odd. She refused any form of touch, she gagged at smells, she was clutzy and threw herself around and spent most of her day screaming with her hands over her ears and eyes.By the time she turned two, Jaimie was so fearful of her world they spent most days inside. What was wrong with Chynna's miracle girl? Why wouldn't anyone help her figure it out? Jaimie wasn't "just spirited" as her physician suggested nor did she lack discipline at home. When Jaimie was diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) at two-and-a-half, Chynna thought she had "the answer," but that was just the start of a three-year quest for the right...]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2001 13:52:15 +0200 https://readfrom.net/chynna-t-laird/126543-blackbird_flies.html https://readfrom.net/chynna-t-laird/126543-blackbird_flies.html
Fifteen-year-old Payton MacGregor is a musical prodigy, but to him, his music is merely a way to escape the chaos that surrounds him. All his life, he's had to care for his mother, who copes with her bipolar disorder with booze instead of her own musical talents. Then his mother dies, leaving him to be cared for by his aging grandparents. As much as they love him, they decide to send him halfway across Canada to live with his father, Liam, the man Payton always believed abandoned him and his mother. Payton isn't making the relocation easy on anyone until he finds out he's going to attend the prestigious School of the Arts for musically gifted youth. Any second thoughts he has about his new life are erased when he meets Lily Joplin. Their connection is instantaneous.Lily is a talented singer, but her struggles with drugs and bipolar disorder hit too close to home for Payton's comfort. And when her issues become all-consuming, he wonders if his music will be enough to carry...]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:00:48 +0200