Spring is coming!
Michael is doing well, he has remained strong and healthy. I'm going to start getting him into his Standing Frame on a regular basis. We haven't gotten him standing regularly for some time now - lots of different reasons and excuses. That's the thing with making progress, there are excuses and reasons, if we don't eliminate the excuses then the reasons make progress very difficult. The Standing Frame supports him so he can stand with all his weight on his legs but it prevents him from falling, it's really a pretty cool device. The weather is changing!! I'm hoping to get him outside more, the nurses will be doing this also, we're lucky to have a nice walking park close to the house when he's with me so he can see birds - that he loves so much - and just get outside. We've been told over and over that stimulation is the best medicine for brain injury- you can't make dead brain cells alive again but you can stimulate live ones and that can do amazing things. Things are going well for Michael at my house or his mom's it's good - God is good.
So you may have heard about Natasha Richardson who feel skiing, the report is now that she is "brain dead". I hope this isn't accurate, that God is with her and steps in for her recovery. I also hope we take note that life can change in an instant. Today we have lots of things we're fighting for, upset about, happy about, things we plan for tomorrow, for next year. For any of us in an instant life can change and all those things that made up our life are suddenly irrelevant. God reminds us of this in James 4 - 15.
James reminds us that in a moment life can change and we can see that every day we live. Romans 8 reminds us that nothing can separate us from the love of Jesus Christ, which is free to us by accepting him.