Winter for the Sandy Hook Hasselbergers...blah

March 7, 2013

It's winter.  It's gloomy.  And as I look around each day at the gloomy sky and white ground I can't help but fantasize about a warm Florida beach.

Thomas celebrated his 12th birthday on February 25, 2013...  I can't believe it.  Daniel has been doing so well.. he's healthy and strong.  Sitting tall and very alert.  Me?  I'm perpetually exhausted, sick from sinus troubles, and pushing through depression.  

Daniel has been really happy since returning to school after his surgery and illness.  He sure looks happy in this picture with the girls.  Sitting tall and handsome.

The volunteer kids who take him to gym... his crew!!!

Life in Sandy Hook is hard to describe.  We all are just going about our business, and there are constant reminders about the day we refer to as "it".  The day "it" happened.  Adults and children alike are sensitive to so many things now.  Sensitive to both acts of kindness, and things that frighten you.  Living here, and being here is surreal sometimes, because this is just Sandy Hook, CT.  And yet, it is now the place that "it" happened. Not a thing we want to be defined as.  But not to be helped.  The comfort dogs that are in the schools have been wonderful, and a treat for Daniel who is really starting to enjoy them..

Comfort dogs are a daily event at STARR since 12/14

Daniel having therapy at STARR

Friday night, last week, I brought Daniel to a fundraiser for the Josephine Gay and Dylan Hockley memorial foundation funds.  It was a movie night at the highschool.  Quite fun.  Great to see familiar faces. And yet, always still strangely isolating to have the only non ambulatory child at these things.  Daniel really enjoyed watching finding Nemo.  It was on a big screen and there were lots of kids all around.  Good snacks.

As I write this tonight, it is snowing outside. A storm called "Saturn".  What does that mean for tomorrow? I am not sure, but kind of hoping for a snow day.  

We have snow.  We have wildlife (Opossum, Turkeys, and Deer) that come up and eat the stale bread I provide to them.  I love seeing the animals.  

Happy Birthday Baby Brother Thomas... 12 years old