"It's easy to get lost in endless speculation. So today, release the need to know why things happen as they do. Instead, ask for the insight to recognize what you're meant to learn."
- Carolyn Myss
I needed to hear that message, maybe it will help you too. Jess rode Charlie Brown again today. Everyone kept telling me he looked different and more alert than last week. He has been moving a lot more. Before he got on Charlie, they brought in another horse for Jess to touch, to feel his soft hair, to touch his nose and feel him breathe. The horse seemed to know and licked Jess' hand. Animals are so wise. They too have to communicate silently with their eyes and with their presence. As we watched him in amazement go around the arena on Charlie, Jess seemed to hold himself upright and then relax his legs and arms as though he wanted to be there. Maybe he felt he finally had some control...some control of something in his life. When he finished they said he was doing well enough that they had a slot for another day...two days a week! Wow.
We took Jess to the bowling alley this weekend. He watched his good friend Curtis and his mom and dad bowl. Jess spent many good times in the bowling alley. We couldn't really tell if he knew where he was or not. We just keep trying.
And, Jess is going back to school for just a few minutes one day a week. He really can't participate...but maybe the smell, the voices of his friends and teachers, the familiar environment, the memories will help him put the pieces back together. Everyone has been so helpful, so understanding and so willing to make it work...now it is again just up to Jess.
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