Update

Update

We spent the long holiday weekend in Ohio visiting Matt's family. We had a great time seeing everyone. We don't all get together very often, so it was special to have everyone in the same house for a bit. Waverly and Oliver were wonderful travelers, although I am still trying to unpack and catch up on laundry.

No word on the house yet. We did have to resign some paperwork, so someone is looking over the offer. I have mentally moved into the house and I spend a lot of time visualizing life there. I hope to be closing out the summer grilling out on the deck and watching the kids play in the backyard.

Waverly has had a few great days in a row. We are still at a loss as to what it causing her tears, but it nice to have a reprieve. We meet with orthopedics in 2 weeks and our PT may accompany us to the appointment. It will be nice to have her support and input on the changes we have seen the past few months.

Comments

Heidi said…

Thanks for the update Shannon. I find myself scanning my blog reader and always looking at certain people wishing they'd posted something recently. You are one of my wish list people. :) Glad you had a great time and that the kids were good. Also glad Waverly is feeling a bit better.

June 2, 2011 at 2:13 PM

diplofam said…

we were just involved in a short sale process (we were on the selling side :() and it takes a LONG time--hang in there--hopefully it is worth it in the end!

June 2, 2011 at 6:12 PM

Welcome to Holland

By Emily Perl Kingsley

I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this......When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland.""Holland?!?" you say. "What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy."But there's been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland and there you must stay.The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It's just a different place.So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.It's just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around.... and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills....and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy... and they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned."And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away... because the loss of that dream is a very very significant loss.But... if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things ... about Holland.