TTT

Today we had a normal day. Like most of you have. Annie didn't throw up or have a seizure, and we didn't go to a doctor's appointment or to the hospital. We worked in the yard, washed the cars, and went to the grocery store. It was a fabulous day. Before January 21st, Annie had been my grocery store companion at least three times a week, but for the last five months, I've pushed an empty cart down the aisles at Fred Meyer. I think I stopped crying about it at the beginning of April. But today Annie's brother, David, pushed her in her stroller while Taylor and I filled our grocery cart. Who would have ever thought that going to Fred Meyer would be a milestone?

It reminds me of a poem my mother had on the wall in our house when I was growing up:

Put up in a place
where it's easy to see
the cryptic admonishment
T.T.T.

When you feel how depressingly
slowly you climb,
it's well to remember that
Things Take Time. Piet Hein

Brain injuries take a long time to heal. But I keep seeing more and more of Annie--and more "normal" days. PT Debbie worked with her this morning, and I took a picture of her practicing standing. Take a look below. Annie also is really scooting around more--and I think I need to get the gate up by the stairs pretty quick.

Anyway--that's world news tonight. I probably won't update this again until after Monday. We're headed back to Children's that day for an opthamology appointment--to see what, if any, visual problems Annie has. We know she can see, but we don't know if she occasionally has double vision or ?? Please pray that God heal her vision completely. And please keep praying that she begin to talk. I get tired of just hearing my voice all the time. I'm sure Annie does too!!

Jean

Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand. Zechariah 4:10