Jake is sick again

Jake has been sick since this past Monday, he stayed home and didn’t have any therapy sessions this whole week. This morning I did some exercise with him at home, he did pretty well.

I had a working lunch with my boss yesterday, it turns out his mother is a speech therapist in Israel, and his nephew has mild CP. He told me when growing up; he often went to work with his mom and spent a lot of time with children with disabilities. Although yesterday was the first time I talked about Jake and his challenges with my boss, my boss has always understood of me taking time off to take Jake to Michigan for therapy. After our conversation yesterday, I feel a little bit better about having to tell him again that I have to take three more weeks off in April for Jake’s therapy. I feel guilty but at the same time, I have to do what I have to for Jake, I have no other choice.

The house is coming along, Jake therapy room is especially great. We have the whole cage set up, he ‘s got music to listen to, chairs and table for table top activities, a treadmill, and lots of toys in the cabinets, The next step is to put up some pictures on the walls. I would love to hang some inspirational pictures of other individuals with disabilities doing exceptional things. I read some quotes a long time ago, and wrote down the following to remind myself at times when I want to give up:

“You must do the things you think you can not do.”

--Eleanor Roosevelt--

“For every mountain, there is a miracle.”

--Robert H.Schuller—

“By perseverance, the snail reaches the ark.”

--Charles Haddon Spurgeon—

“Flowers grow out of dark moments.”

--Corita Kent