Searching for Bird's Nests


The reason I decided to call this “Searching for Bird’s Nests” is because of something that happened almost 15 years ago when Rachel had cancer. She had the adult type of Leukemia when she was 2 years old. It was like walking around in a nightmare that we just couldn’t wake up from. When it was all over and we amazingly still had our little girl with us, we saw so many ways that the Lord had blessed us through that nightmare and transformed us and taught us new things we could not have known otherwise. When Rachel’s hair began to grow back, we threw Rachel’s old hair (that we had saved when it fell out) around the yard to celebrate that Rachel was still with us and that she would have hair again. A few weeks later, walking to my car, I saw at my feet a small bird’s nest that had fallen from a tree. Interwoven in all of the tiny little branches was Rachel’s hair that we had scattered around the yard. It seemed like a reminder from God that He can take the darkest, most painful experiences of our lives and weave them together into something beautiful.

28th May 2012

Another Small/Big Step ~

Today Dave got to come with us to Horse Therapy for the first time.  He got to meet Bretta, the most patient horse on the planet.  Shannon had a course set out for Rachel to lead Bretta around to continue to learn to “be the boss.”  She is working on getting the lead rope shorter and helping Rachel get brave enough to show Bretta where she wants her to go.  Let’s just say that for now Bretta is still the boss. Sometimes Bretta waits so long for Rachel that she falls asleep.

The good news is that Rachel got all the way on Bretta today and sat in the saddle for about 2 minutes, shaking like a leaf, before she insisted on getting off.  That’s a pretty big step for her.

Wooo Hooo Rachel. We are so proud of you!

Another small/big step that happened this week is that after three different tries at a hearing test, they were finally able to tell that Rachel’s hearing is within the normal range.  That is so good to be able to cross that off our list of reasons for Rachel’s “disconnectedness.” So we are content and even celebrating these tiny little steps, knowing that in time they will result in some big moves forward!!

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