Never Under-Estimate the Power of Hope

anything could happen & that everything would // Cheryl Strayed

Life has surely been sweet and strong lately. I'm finding a way to weave gratitude into everything.  For instance the stumbling, the correcting the course, the difficulty finding balance.  This time around, the wisdom of knowing the journey we've been on and the path of healing, courage, of beauty, of love we are on. They've helped me stretch my soul.

Cruising With Lew from Jenn S on Vimeo. Video shows our guy stretching his calf muscles 14 days post botox/heel cord procedure. He's still really weak in the shin muscles (from years of such tightness in his heel cord) so we've been trying to help him develop strength by the stretches and activities at home.  Lots and lots of PT with his fabulous therapist Ms. L!  It's still so hard for him but he is a persistent little guy.  He does not give up.  He gets up day in and day out and begins again (and again and again). Thank you so much for teaching me the most powerful form of resilience training.

and starting off the Memorial Weekend with Lew, the Bruiser....  He had an incident in his activity chair whereby Annie our dog knocked him down (his brakes weren't on cuz we were moving toward the house) and consequently he hit his forehead on the corner of the ramp wall.  Coupla stitches later and a CT scan to be sure there wasn't a concussion. It was a deep puncture...on his forehead. Suffice it to say we had a lot of nice cuddles the rest of the weekend.  On this day, I surrender my heart to possibility, to listening, to asking, to helping me, to hope.

Neighborhood Ride After the Rain

I'm proud of the boy Nate's becoming.

LJ is doing fine after his surgery last week.  His heel cord and hamstrings are getting some relief from the botox procedure and we're stretching him everyday.  His PT is going to see about a padding for his leg brace so it positions at his Achilles Tendon to decrease him from pistoning out. Other than a few tweaks here and there, we go in for a post-op appointment with his doctor in the beginning of June.

Both boys are doing a phenomenal job.

Hold Nothing Back, Bring It All On

beautiful moments throughout motherhood

“In the still heart,
that refuses nothing,
the world is twice-born-
two earths wheeling,
two heavens,
two egrets reaching
down into subtraction;
even the fish
for an instant doubled,
before it is gone.

I want the fish.
I want the losing it all
when it rains and I want
the returning transparence”

~Jane Hirshfield

The Greatest Show On Earth!

Lewis has mad skills.  Last night he removed his night brace and threw it to the floor in the wee early hours of the morning.  I've got to tell his OT what a great job he did with his fine motor skills! Still amazes me.  Learning. Growing. Knowing.

Here's a video from his recent OT session this week:


Trapeze Lewie! from Jenn S on Vimeo.