The ceremony yesterday was nice. After the soldiers marched in, they played the national anthem, said the invocation and then showed a short video. The guest speaker was a 3 star general who looked every bit the part of a general. Very commanding presence. He gave a nice speech directed at the graduates. Diplomas were [...]

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At Elizabeth’s speech appointment yesterday, her therapist was thrilled with her progress. She is starting to put two words together on her own and when I prompt it. She gave us more ideas to strengthen her mouth & tongue muscles. The weak muscle tone, which is part of the apraxia, makes it hard for her [...]

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I always want to come up with catchy titles but my brain isn’t very creative this late at night.
Tomorrow night is Jim’s formal.  I’m happy to be going out but not exactly thrilled with the idea of a formal.  Still, it will be nice to spend time with the people he’s lived with for the [...]

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I need help choosing a dress for Jim’s formal.  I like both of them but am leaning more towards one of them.  They were both on sale for the same price & I liked the size for both of them (HA!), so that hasn’t helped me make a decision.
Dress Album
Ignore the bad hair and the [...]

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Elizabeth slept 10-5:30 without ANY wake ups last night!!!  I hope this is going to be a new trend!!!  OTOH, after she woke up at 5:30, she didn’t go back to sleep! LOL  Jim is home for the weekend, so if she’s up that early tomorrow, he’s on duty. …….I was interrupted while writing [...]

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