January 2019

January 27

There were a couple of moments this week with Sarah not moving when I wanted her to move. It was as if she was a stubborn mule stuck in some mud. The most frustrating of these moments was when I was in a hurry. Kids can smell hurry the way animals smell fear. So it… Read more »

January 20

I’ve been thinking a lot about the line between discerning how I am truly feeling vs keeping myself stuck in a story of things being hard, thus perpetuating things feeling hard. Maybe it isn’t really a line. Maybe it is helpful to ascertain how I am feeling so that I can make different choices about… Read more »

January 13

Sarah had her annual audiology evaluation on Friday. The good news is that her hearing is about the same as it was a year ago. She has moderate hearing loss in her left ear and minimal loss in her right ear. This means it is still optional to get a hearing aid. That has been… Read more »

January 6

Overall our whole trip to MN and WI was really really really wonderful. That said, there were two tiny but very intense moments of difficulty with Sarah. Both were at moments when it was time to leave one place and go to another. One was to go to the memorial service for her great grandfather…. Read more »