Sarah Rise Weekly Updates

This weekend we had Becky Blake come for our second outreach and it has gone wonderfully. It is lovely to see how much the girls both love Becky and enjoy learning the new things she teaches us. We are adding in new activities and expanding the routines we have been doing. I’m excited to have… Read more »

I am feeling grateful this week for Sarah teaching me to cook. I mean, really cook. I could do a few things before but it wasn’t really part of my skill set in the way it is now. While I still buy a few things for Carl, Amy, and I to eat on the side,… Read more »

Some weeks contain so much thought and fluctuation of feelings that I am amazed they are only a week long. Last Sunday Carl and I went to the Pirates game, which they won. The cheering was intense. As I listened to the crowd of some 40 thousand people cheering, sometimes for one man, I thought… Read more »

Sometimes the veil between feeling totally amazing and feeling like crying seems very thin. I am rather fascinated by this and I think it points out to some degree how much things are a choice. And it also points out how maybe I am still not quite looking at some feelings that lurk under the… Read more »

We had a lovely visit with my mom (aka Mom-Mom) this past week. When she arrived, the girls were in the family room and it was blocked off because that is how I do Becky’s music movement time. Sarah ran to the gate and looked at Mom-Mom and said “hello. I love you, Sarah.” Amy… Read more »

My “marathon” of being on my own (with Sonia and Carl out of town simultaneously) is at a close. I was very much not on my own and the whole thing went incredibly smoothly. (Luckily the nights went well.) I have such wonderful people surrounding and helping me. This past week my dad came out… Read more »

A good problem to have is… Sarah not getting around to brushing her teeth because she is busy talking about how the sink is empty, pronouncing each word perfectly. Sarah delaying brushing her teeth because she is busy pretending that the toothbrush is a melting popsicle. Sarah getting up from breakfast because she must put… Read more »

I think the biggest thing from this week was my learning how to get out of Sarah’s way and effectively invite her to do more physical movement. For two months I have been doing Becky’s program with Sarah and for the movement-to-music parts it has been mostly me moving around while Sarah sat on the… Read more »

Sarah started preschool this week. She goes two mornings a week from 9-12 to a neighborhood preschool that is very welcoming and flexible. Sonia goes as her attendant, but she doesn’t need much attending. Except when she does, and then she really does. She has always enjoyed school and this year is no exception. Tuesday… Read more »

We were away for the weekend visiting family at a beautiful house on a beautiful lake in VA. It was actually the easiest driving trip we have had with the girls in a while and it was lovely to only need to figure out Sarah’s food while someone else did the cooking and cleaning for… Read more »