Tag: gratitude

  • Gratitude & Some Doing

    To B.L., Mr. T.J., and Ms. S.J. Heaven knows this has been a long and stressful week, and all my artsy prose has failed me. I am left with whispy words of gratitude, but I give them to each of you none-the-less. THANK YOU, a thousand times over, each and every one of you for…

  • Gratitude & Some Reading

    Chris Chris, you have been a pillar of patience on our therapy team for more than a year now. I can imagine the types of things you could have been thinking when your boss told you that I was asking to meet with you and observe how you interacted with our son before I would…

  • February Gratitude & Reading

    To Amara For roughly a year and a half now, you have patiently come into our home once each week to provide Tony’s occupational therapy. Since that very first visit I have been grateful for your positive attitude and your willingness to meet Tony where he is at. You have a wonderful way of listening…

  • January Gratitude & Some Reading

    To J.T. Nearly 7 years ago our family stood before a judge, holding a beautiful nine month old baby boy who had been our foster son, humble and joyful as a judge declared we were now legally his parents in every way. Reams of records can attest: nobody involved with his case then could have…

  • December Gratitude & Some Reading

    A few notes for little moments with big impacts I do not really know any of the three individuals my gratitude notes are dedicated to this month, though I do pass by a couple of them regularly when we are out doing public therapy. Each of them has shined kindness on our circumstances over the…

  • November Gratitude & Some Reading

    To Kendra This is a note I am not even sure how to begin to write. I don’t even live with the ghost of spare time unless I am blowing off a bunch of things I need to do (and occasionally I do have to do exactly that or I would completely loose it with…

  • October Gratitude & Some Reading

    Pastor James and Pastor Susan When I first texted Pastor James for permission to bring Tony in to First Church outside of worship services to help acclimate him to that environment, he had only met me once and Tony not at all. To both Pastors- James and Susan- thank you for so graciously supporting our…

  • September Gratitude & Some Reading

    To Tony My sweet son, we’ve talked about so many experiences on this blog over the past twenty months. You know I can talk a whole lot, and that even still with all I have written we’ve not even come close to outlining our full story. I know you hear it when people see us…

  • “I Don’t Like It”

    And no, I’m not talking about the La Usurpadora reboot. Although if I were to be asked, I’d have to confess to thinking that Gabriela Spanic was pretty iconic as the twins in the production she starred in, and therefore no other Paola need apply. Sadly, as much as I’d rather be talking about plot…

  • August Gratitude & Some Reading

    To Ash If I were asked to give a naked truth, I would have said that you were never anyone I expected to find reaching out to me in times of needed repair, extending grace and support. We lived in different friendship circles, even when we used to go to the same church. Yet two…