A sweet shot of Lexy and Ti Luk Nyen:
Morning starts with morning report with the staff at HAS. After report, Jeff heads off to work at the hospital and Lexy and I walk down to Karen’s. Ti Luk Nyen has captured our hearts though I don’t know who swear more, he or us! We spend the morning with him – focusing on improving use of his arms and walking and he truly makes some strides. Karen is thrilled as we head home for lunch. The afternoon I drop in to the rehab technician’s class that is currently being taught – 4 eager students under the gentle hand of Denise, a PT from Pittsburgh who is the current teacher. There are so many barriers – depth of understanding and critical thinking, language and resources, but they struggle hard to grasp the concepts she is teaching. We are invited to attend a rural support group with some of the social workers from HAS and are inspired by the honesty and simplicity of their touch with the community. We work hard to be inconspicuous but it’s hard not to be clearly aware of how different we appear to the community. Lexy and I were like pied pipers returning from Karen’s today – school was letting out and instantly we were surrounded by laughing and fascinated children of all ages. Their faces are beautiful and their curiosity entertaining. It pours like it’s never going to stop tonight – as we drive back from the support group we watch families huddled at the doors of their homes trying to escape the rain. It’s amazing to me that after the rain so hard each evening, it can so quickly get so dry and scorching in the daytime – the earth can’t seem to retain any of the moisture for any period of time, it all runs in rushed down to the river beds.
