Blessed Life With Elijah

 One awesome thing we have going on right now is the opportunity to get Elijah a power wheelchair. Not just any power wheelchair. This one can stand! Thats right, he can get up to eye level! I cannot wait for that hug!!! With the home we are moving into having an open floor plan, I would love him to have the opportunity to get himself around and be able to join us in many activities. I could picture making food (baking or cooking) and Elijah standing in his chair helping stir. I picture going on walks around the neighborhood and Elijah not having to sit the whole time. What I didn't know is that Elijah has to prove that he can work a power wheelchair before Medicaid will approve it. How can he prove he knows how to work it if he has never gotten the chance to. Luckily, we have had an amazing DME company that has intermittently allowed us to borrow a power chair similar to what we are looking at. Yesterday, Elijah's PT and I took him to the driveway and let him loose! He is so f...

 Good morning! I was looking at some statistics this morning and I don't even know that it feels like a high enough number. The average person spends almost 2.5 hours on social media per day! After more looking, the average person spends up to 5 hours on their phone per day in some capacity and the newer generation is over 6 hours! Thats more than half the day! I know in my house, it feels like my teenage daughter is on it all day in some form or fashion. I find myself picking up my phone all the time without a true need. It is a huge distraction from what is important. I have tried to keep myself off of social media many times but I always find myself going back to it. I want to experience what others do where they find themselves impacting others with their stories and videos. I want Elijah's story to impact others and when the likes or comments lack, I get defeated. Its disgusting. I don't want to be that person. I don't want to find my worth in what others think of ...