Thoughts and Prayers for an Internet Friend

Flowers for Hannah


I made a new internet friend last month when RachD commented on "The Bear" post.

She is the sister of a friend (Jess) from an internet mothers' group I once belonged to.

Since she commented, I have been checking her blog periodically to read about her beautiful daughters. Particularly her daughter, Hannah, who really stole my heart.

I found out that Rachael and her family lost beautiful Hannah yesterday in a tragic drowning accident. I haven't been able to think of anything else since.

The outpouring on both her blog and on Jess's has been so touching. It is obvious this family has touched many both "In Real Life" and on the internet.

Please keep the family in your thoughts as they try to come to terms with one of the most horrific events imagineable.


http://hannahandlily.blogspot.com/

A Small Reward

One of the words Toes has been working on in therapy since the very beginning is the word "Bubbles". This goes back to her Hearing Aid days. Yet, stubborn as she is, she has never rewarded us with the word.

Even though her list of words is probably near 100 at this point, "bubbles" was one she refused to use.

This weekend we had a birthday party for her and she received a Bubble Mower from her Grandpa. It was a hit.

And... for the first time in over a year of trying, we have the word "Bubbles!"

It is not a perfect form of the word. Toes seems to drop hard consonant sounds off the beginning of her words. But we are working on it. She definitely prefers words that start with soft sounds.

She has "outside" and "airplane" down pat. ;)

For now, I'll take "ubbles". It melted the hearts of all of us.