I've been away from this blog and some other places online in the last few months. I've been in a real funk lately and I realized, after a few unpublished posts, that maybe it's for the best to avoid putting my thoughts out there for awhile. So I'm easing my way back into these things a little at a time.
Things have really been the same for the last couple of months, and maybe that has something to do with the mindset that I've been in. Life has stalled and things that were expected to have changed in the last few months have become stagnant.
Leilani is still not talking. She's been in speech therapy for seven months now with literally no improvement. On the bright side, everything other than her speech has been blossoming. She's constantly amazing me with every turn. Learning to brush her teeth, put her shoes on, express needs and wants, and even simply snuggling with me and Mike have all been small magical moments that have replaced the words that don't come. Whenever my optimism for speech occasionally fades, I remind myself that she's still a smart, beautiful little girl.
My mantra: Words will come. Words will come. Words will come.
