Saying Good-Bye

Today, I found out that sometime in March our dearly beloved speech therapist will be moving about 5 hours away. I’m am very sad to see her leave us. She has been such a blessing to my brother, my sister and my family. She has given me inspiration, for a profession I could not have even imagine liking a year ago.
Last year, I was wanting to become an interior designer. Painting a dull lifeless room, matching décor pillows with curtains and putting in one color to tie everything together to make a room, is something amazing and it is something I really enjoy and I still like doing for fun. But changing a bare space into a something spectacular, does not even come close to the feeling I get when I see a child beam with excitement becasue 2 months ago he barely knew any sounds and is now putting 2 words together. I know it may seem trivial to you that so little progress could delight a person so much,  but when you see a kid who can barely say a word began to talk to you, it’s…… it’s a feeling like no other.
I am so thankful God put Lauren into my life. She has taught me so much and has helped me learn more about myself. When Lauren started working at our home, I never thought I would end up shadowing her. I thought she was just another person to help my little sister, just another person in our home once or twice a week. Oh! How I was wrong. God knew that this one person would teach me and help me even before I became interested in any kind of therapy. Lauren has opened my eyes to how fun and rewarding this job can be. I’m am truly thankful for her. I hope her move is an easy one and she gets settled into her new house quickly.

Thank You Lauren for everything.
~Sierra.