WOW! part 2

A little lesson that was reaffirmed for me last night - don't ever say that a person with a disability can't do something!

DD, a friend of mine and I went to see our local children's theater production of Annie. It was done under the "PENGUIN PROJECT" (click the link to learn more)where children with disabilities are paired with a mentor who helps them with their role. These kids were AMAZING!!!! I really can not even put it into words! Their disabilities ranged from several different syndroms, blindness, epilepsy... and they put their WHOLE beings into the performance. By the time that show was over, I don't think there was a dry eye in the house. The chairman of the theater company said it best before the show started that "there was enough magic in the show to make Harry Potter jealous". AMEN!!!!! It was SO fantastic - the actors AND the mentors!

We can't wait for the next "Penguin Project"!

WOW!

We had an educational and informative afternoon with the audiologists today!

DD got her hearing aids - HOORAY!!!!! She sat very patiently and cooperatively while they ran through all the tests and settings on them to get them right.

Hubby & I learned how to put them in and take them out. How to clean and take care of them. Lots to do, lots to do but I'm sure it's just adding it to our daily routine and will be 'old hat' in no time! We each whispered something to her and she actually heard us. She has never been able to hear a whisper before. So amazing!

I had a conversation with her on the way home in which I didn't have to yell so she could hear me and I spoke in a quieter tone than I usually speak in and she conversed right back. It was SO awesome! I didn't know whether to laugh or cry happy tears (so I did a little of both).

I pray that the long wait and endless applications that have been rejected in the last six years are going to payoff now.
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On a different note: DD & I have been reading Ramona and she's looking all over the inside cover of this book (bear in mind - it's an original book from the 1950s) - looks at me and says "I can't find the www. whatever to look up the website". I said "That book is from a long time ago, before there was an internet." I thought her chin was going to fall off her face then she said "No internet?!" Amazing, I know!

Little update

Greetings!

Just a little update from our house...

DS made the boys' a capella group at school. He's ecstatic and has been enjoying their practices. We are looking forward to hearing them perform.

DD has her hearing aid fitting tomorrow (I am ASSUMING this means she will have her hearing aids when we come home tomorrow). We are all very excited about that too.

Something I have learned about having a HS senior is that our mailbox is NEVER empty!!!! The college literature arrives almost daily!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Wordless Wednesday

Lake Michigan

August, 2010