Sarah Jane

This doesn't really have a lot to do with my NCCC experience. But it's a part of my path that led me here, so i guess it sorta does. In the summer of 2005, I worked as an aide for a little girl with a seizure disorder and severe brain damage. Her name is Sarah Jane, and she won my heart. She couldn't talk, or move on her own, but she has a smile that can melt anyone. She loves music, she loves school, she was learning and growing at a rapid pace that summer. I have gone a long way away from St. Louis since that summer with Sarah, but I've never forgotten. Her wonderful parents have kept me on their list for updates on how sarah is doing, and each one, with good news or bad, brings me right back to her and all the time i got to spend with her.

I learned a great deal that summer, helping the physical therapists and occupational therapists and speech therapists and music therapist. I went to doctor and hospital visits with Sarah and her amazing mother Sandy. Sandy is an incredibly strong and intelligent woman who I admire. She was pregnant that summer with her second child, Graham, who i sadly have not met. The last time i visited them was December 2005 and Graham was born in January.

I've listed the link to Sandy's website about Sarah, and i hope that at some point you'll head over there, and at least look at the pictures.

Hopefully i can go visit her while i'm home.