Good Help

I had a call from Tess' therapist early this morning, letting us know that an appointment time opened up Monday nights at 5:15!  Woo hoo!  So Tess won't have to miss Valentine's Day or any school at all!  Hallelujah!

After that call, I was thinking about how often we have been blessed and had prayers answered through individuals with a specific skill set, educational background or experience to help us with the unique challenges we have faced.   I think of our of Shady Grove doctors and Drew's doctors at Children's National Medical Center and from the Netherlands who specialized in CMTC.  I think of Tess' preschool teachers who understood what she was going through and her kind and patient Primary teachers at church.  I think of our realtor and mortgage agent who knew how to help us when no one else could.

We certainly do our part to seek these people out, but just the fact that they exist--that they are out there to be found--is something I'm immensely grateful for.  I appreciate the time and effort they put into learning, studying and developing the expertise we needed in those situations.  And the fact that all these people are where we are, available and accessible to us, is no doubt a blessing from Heavenly Father.

It is with a faith and just a tiny bit of desperation that I'm hoping this therapist will be able to give Tess the help she needs.  Her first appointment is on Monday!

No school today, so I took the kids to the playplace at the Mall and out for lunch.  Our tag-along is Sebastian, a cute kid just a month older than Drew, whose mom had a baby last week.  It's funny to hear Drew chatter away to him, trying to point out everything he thinks is interesting.  

In case you're wondering, yes--those are climb-on replicas of a Civil War cannon, Monticello, and a Jamestown ship.  There is also a climb-on Cardinal and little climb-on crabs.  Viva Virginia!