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Aug 15, 2002
Dear Peter,
Hope all is well with you. Autumn is always my favorite time of year. I just
love watching the trees change colors. We are just coming out of winter – maybe
a few more weeks of it.
I feel I’m treading unfamiliar ground sending this check. According to
my records this is the balance of our account. My monthly trips to the bank to
exchange Australian dollars into US dollars have sort of developed into a ritual.
It reminds me our your comforting voice telling me to be nice to myself. I think
things are going pretty well for me – in fact I remind others to be nice
to me too.
_______ one week in still likes his job – he is amazed how clear they are
in their focus. People ask questions that he feels would have been looked down
upon at his previous job & it encouraged him to do the same.
Can’t tell you how much you have helped our family, ______ & myself.
Our family is definitely the better for it.
Thank you,
Love,
July 27, 1998
I sincerely appreciated your article. I have a 27 month old daughter, _____,
and we are expecting a son, ______, in November. I have been struggling
with ways to deal with what everyone else would call “normal toddler
behavior,” i.e., the temper tantrums which seem to only happen at
the mall or the grocery store for us, and running off on me when we are
outside. She is a very precocious child, full of affection and endless
energy.
When we experience one of the above-mentioned moments, I do admit that it
is likely a result of her being either tired or over-stimulated (in re: to
temper tantrums), and as to the latter, she is under-stimulated from being
cooped-up in the house with me all day.
Which brings me to my question/dilemna. I stay at home with ______ at a cost.
We are strapped financially and the consequences are that she and I are often
stuck at home when my husband is at work, not always, but often. We life in
a apartment complex where we rarely see any other children, and we live in
Austin, Texas, which is quite, quite hot these days. So she gets very bored.
And I feel terrible that she has no toddler companions. Do you have any suggestions
to fill her day? We color, read, play basketball, play-doh, she helps me with
household stuff.
Peter
Thank you for always going the “extra mile” with me.
I truly could not have made it to this point without your understanding, support,
and guidance.
Dear Dr. Haiman,
Thank you for sending this article and your listening ear!
I appreciate your helpfulness and understanding. All too often we go through
life simply doing what we have to do.
Thank you for your willingness to take those extra steps along the way!
Sincerely
Hi Peter
How are you doing? I was wondering if you ever received the card and photos
I sent you? Things are better here. We have implemented all of your suggestions,
have moved the T.V into the basement (where it belongs! :-)) and I am napping
______ and _____. Bedtime doesn’t go quite as quickly as it did prior
to napping, but it is nice to have a little boy that I can deal with in
the evenings we are all much happier and our home is very peaceful. Thanks!
April 15, 2009
Doctor Peter Haiman,
How nice to hear from you. Hope all is well with you. So far everyone in the
house is expressing their feelings every chance available. _____ is starting
to cry when things bother him instead of holding everything in. I just hold him
and then he tells me what he wants and how he feels. His old/present caregiver
says that he is fine and he does not give any trouble. She has about 5 kids from
various ages. He tells me he likes the kids and some mornings he will ask me
for extra stacks so he can share with his new friends. He is starting to come
out from that I’m a bad boy attitude to I'm a good boy all the time and
you can see the difference in his behavior. We will continue the exercise with
him. I attached a picture of him for you to meet my little man.
Once again Dr. Peter Haiman thanks. Thank for your continuing help and care for
my child. God bless!
8 August 1999
Dear Dr. Haiman,
I found your questions about how I came to the interpretations I had come to
(regarding my employer) disturbing but as it turns out, they were more on the
mark than I had wanted to acknowledge.
On 2 August I gave notice to resign. _______, my supervisor, was somewhat taken
aback and asked if I would be willing to talk about my decision. That led to
hours of discussion and analysis of specific incidences. What became clear is
that we do not interpret each other’s actions accurately. As a result of
our discussions and an action he had already initiated on his own, we have agreed
to meet with a facilitator to see what, if anything, can be done to improve communication
between us.
I am not likely to stay with the ________ for a long time as emotionally it is
too draining a place for me to work. But I now know that when I do leave, it
will be by mutual agreement, not in severe frustration or any other reactive
mode.
Thank you once again for meeting with me. And thank you for letting me know that
I can call on you again, should I feel the need.
Respectfully,
