Leaping Tall Buildings

Brain cancer is...

 ...still leaping tall buildings.

Tuesday is the only day of the week when Darrell doesn't wake up saying, "It's going to be a great today."  It's speech therapy day.  I am so proud of him for (a) doing his speech homework daily and (b) going to his weekly session.  Those things are difficult enough, but today's session really proved his super hero status.

It was one of the days where we thought about titling our post, "Brain cancer is hard."  Upon questioning, we admitted to therapist Kristin that one of the cancer workarounds we have developed is that Andi does the majority of spoken communication with strangers, in places like auto parts shops, restaurants, and grocery stores. (You know me.  This takes no special effort on my part. Ha!)

Darrell's homework this week is to do more speaking in public settings.  That's hard for me because I need to change my role again ("Shape shifter powers! Don't speak! Watch Darrell!"), but imagine this assignment for Darrell.  ("Hey Darrell!  You know that one skill that is most difficult for you?  Speaking?  Take that skill and do it more...in front of people you don't know.")   

But he's doing it.  We went to Ralph's after speech, and he picked out these flowers for me and did all the talking.

See?  Leaping tall buildings.

But wait!  There's more!

The Dynamic Duo, Seamstress and Engineer, created and hung the kitchen window valance.  Pow!  Zap!

We suspect that every day you are no doubt similarly asked to leap a tall building, to do something that challenges your superhero powers.  Kapow!  Boom!  to you. Keep on leaping!