Rhema’s got as much love for sleep as I do for field rats. The latest boycott on sleep started about a month ago, around the time Brandon left (perfect timing!). Waking at 1 or 2 am, she’s wired and ready for the day. Per doctor’s order, she’s on quarter tablets of a sleep aide twice [...]
Archive for May, 2011
In the morning…
Posted in Uncategorized on May 31, 2011 | 20 Comments »
Writing – from dreams to reality
Posted in Ordinary Miracles, tagged autism, learning to write, OT, rhemashope, writing on May 23, 2011 | 48 Comments »
Not so long ago Rhema was learning to use a stamp with her name on it because it was not likely that she would ever learn to write independently. But Heather, her OT, and all of her teachers have an against-all-odds, inexhaustible supply of belief and hope in my girl. Last summer they taught her to [...]
With her mouth
Posted in Ordinary Miracles, tagged rhemashope on May 19, 2011 | 9 Comments »
“The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever.” (Is. 40:8) . I still say her verse to every night as I put her to bed. I still pause at the end of each sentence, waiting, hoping she’ll whisper the Word. Like she once did. She no longer says [...]
A little help
Posted in Ordinary Miracles, tagged army, autism, deployments, echo, military, respite care, tricare on May 16, 2011 | 19 Comments »
For years we’ve been eligible for respite care for Rhema through our military health insurance. For years we have been unable to access that care. I won’t bore with the details but suffice to say the system is sort of steeped in bureaucracy. Unfortunately, whenever we mention our health insurance to anyone in the know, we are met [...]
For good
Posted in Uncategorized on May 11, 2011 | 18 Comments »
‘Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops What if Your healing comes through tears? What if trials of this life Are Your mercies in disguise? ~Blessings, Laura Story I’m talking to my sis on the phone. Her MS has relapsed. She’s in a lot of pain; trouble standing, walking. She’s facing several days of grueling [...]
Blessed mama
Posted in Ordinary Miracles, tagged autism, Hope, mother's day on May 8, 2011 | 21 Comments »
So thankful today. My Hope girl made Mother’s Day gifts for me at school – including a lollipop flower that she only licked once. She dramatically declared her undying love for me all weekend: “Mommy, I love you so much. I couldn’t stop loving you even if I tried!!!” Um, thanks Hope. She drew me [...]
Watch your head
Posted in Uncategorized on May 4, 2011 | 24 Comments »
. Because Rhema is preverbal I am often delighted and amused to get a glimpse of what she understands, to see how she sees the world. She has such a sense of order. Like many ASD children she thrives on predictability and routine. And when she gets something, she gets it. And she sticks to [...]
Song after battle
Posted in Ordinary Miracles on May 3, 2011 | 26 Comments »
“Well, My love is over, it’s underneath. It’s inside, it’s in between… I’m there through your heartache. I’m there in the storm… I don’t care where you fall, where you have been. I’ll never forsake you, My love never ends. It never ends.” ~Over and Underneath, Tenth Avenue North . She’s in her world, sprinting [...]
