Abby update - February 21

Today is why I love February. That first warmth and sun of the year always feels so good--it just made the whole day go well.

Abby had a check-up with her rehab doctor at Warm Springs today, so we had a good time visiting with some familiar faces and just being out and about. Abby's check-up was good (the doctor was impressed with some of her memory strategies), and her doctor encouraged us with our plans to get Abby back in school after Spring Break. Abby took some brownies she made to the nurses on the fourth floor, but we found out today that two of her three therapists are now gone from Warm Springs. We wish them the best in their new endeavors, but we are so thankful that God had them there while Abby was in Warm Springs. Becky, Kim, and Marissa made the perfect team for Abby, and we appreciate so much the personal bond that they all formed with her and with each other.

After Warm Springs, we picnicked at Mision Concepcion, part of the San Antonio Missions National Park. It's a lovely site just outside Loop 410 and is the best-preserved of all the missions in San Antonio. A couple of years ago Abby and Frank began working on their Junior Ranger badge for the park, and they were able to complete it today. That makes five badges, I think--Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, White Sands, Fort Davis, and San Antonio Missions. I'd love nothing better than for them to earn a couple more this summer...

Then some more Texas history for Abby with Mrs. Ruiz at home, and we all worked on some music before bed. (We've decided that we appreciate our pastor and his wife--it's a lot of work being responsible for a church service...!).

Until tomorrow,
Abby & family