Gratitude for the Simple Things

Brain cancer is...

...loving speech therapy (not).

That's Darrell, picking up hearts with sheer muscle power, above.  Even though he's not loving therapy, he's diligent.  Therapist Kristen comments positively on his progress.

Here are a couple points of gratitude from today:

We are grateful that we can have three generations gather for breakfast on a Tuesday morning.

Today at therapy we told Kristen that we too appreciate the progress Darrell is making in the things that his tumor made difficult for him.

Our prime example from today is that, on the way to breakfast, Darrell was teaching Zach and me to calculate the momentum of two NFL players crashing together.  (Hint:  Start with the formula p = mv.)

So much of Darrell's knowledge and skill remains intact that it's the new gaps that are the counter example.  We've mentioned telling time as an example of a new gap.  We discovered this gap n the hospital with Kristen post surgery, in fact.  That day, Darrell threw up his hands and said, "I've got nothing!" when she asked him to draw the face of a clock.

Today my eyes stung in therapy when Darrell dashed out this sketch, with the time Kristen requested.

We are so grateful for the things we used to take for granted.