For the majority of this week, I am attending a conference on deafblindness - dual sensory impairments. Today's list of those things for which I am thankful come from that conference. Today I am thankful for...
- Air conditioning in the conference hotel. The temperature outside was 102 today!
- All the wonderful childcare workers who have been helping with the kids whose families attend the conference. A lot of the children have very challenging behaviors, yet our wonderful childcare workers continue to return each year for this conference.
- That at this conference, rather than in normal day-to-day life, being different is a good thing, a thing that is celebrated!
- A chance to rejuvenate, a chance for hope to be reborn
- That Ashley sang the 'woof woof' in the Doggie in the Window song at EXACTLY the right moment - pretty cool for a kid that is deaf
- That Amy, Toni, Stephanie and Renee brought Ashley home and put her to bed so I could stay and network with other parents.
- That I learn something new everytime I attend a conference like this, something I can use to make a difference in my child's life and the life of many other children with deafblindness
- Free lunch and dinner for my family, and especially not having to cook
- That so many of our childcare workers are excited about learning sign language!
- That Ashley has turned into a social butterfly this summer. She is comfortable with so many new people, loves to 'work' the crowd, and doesn't lose her cool as much in strange places.
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