The journey yesterday will keep me floating for days to come. The victories come through facing the challenges that we have. And Owen faced them head on and in the rain. He slept great last night and even a little late for the day. I didn’t wake him since he had plenty of time to get ready for the bus. He was a little disappointed he didn’t wake up earlier because we didn’t have a lot of time to sit. I gave him a choice to wear jeans or shorts. He selected the shorts without hesitation. This is still so amazing to me. He’s not thrilled that others are not all wearing “blue pants” but he has definitely moved forward on what we are wearing. I can’t stop thinking about all his growth in the last few months. A little over a month ago we were getting ready to go to a therapy appointment and it started to rain. We couldn’t even get off the porch because he was crying and had a huge meltdown about it. One dot of rain on my glasses would cause him hours of distress. The memories flood through my heart, mind, and soul. How do you ever explain to someone your child is crying because it’s raining and they are going to get wet? And how do you explain it when your child absolutely loves bath, pools, and splashing everything in sight. Yesterday meant the world to me. I pray rain is behind us but he also cycles through things like this. I have to believe he has pushed through this and will keep growing. I told his bus driver and aide about it. They have been there with him when it was raining and know how hard it has been on him. I’m so thankfully for all the support he gets on the bus, school, therapy, and church. When we went outside to wait for the bus I asked him what he thought about yesterday. He said, “a blast.” That was amazing to hear and added to my excitement. He knew I was going to pick him up for music therapy and he was excited. He also knew he was going to vision therapy. At school they have been having fire drills. He came home and watched fire drills on YouTube. When we got to his music therapy he got very excited because there was a pull down fire alarm. He wanted the keys to it. I guess to turn it off. Thankfully he didn’t actually pull it but he kept telling me he wanted to. I explained to him while we were sitting there that he only pulled it if there was an emergency. This is going to be interesting and I need to talk to his teacher about it so she knows he might try to pull it at school. He had a great session and I’m thankful. He talked about what he did and he told me he played the harmonica and the ukulele. We came home to get a snack and then we went to vision therapy. He was a little distracted today but was able to do a few of the exercises. Food, bedtime, and songs were how the evening went. I asked him what he did yesterday and he told me he sang in “Charleston, West Virginia” and “was in the mud.” I couldn’t have asked for a better answer. His growth over the last few months has brought my heart so much joy. Reflect on your walk from yesterday to see how sweet the victory of life truly is. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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