Oh dear - Tone deleted ALL his contact numbers today. By mistake of course. Please could each of you send all your numbers to us at: info@bluex2.comTara and Jadie's class presented a beautiful chapel service today. I got a little teary afterwards when one of the mums asked so earnestly if there was anything she could do for us - it's so funny. I'm so not sad (or not that I'm aware of!) but that pure, pure kindness and caring just kills me everytime...in the most beautiful way. She also summarised our situation so well - how it's absolutely harder than anyone can imagine, and at the same time so much easier and more joyful than anyone thinks. Pic today of Tara in chapel with one of her BFF's (Best Friends Forever).
Tara got a little skin infection on her leg yesterday and RACED to put cream on - because she knows the op will be postponed if there's any infection...so a great indication of how much she wants this. And we read a book tonight about a mermaid who wanted legs so she could dance - but once she stood on the beach for the first time, she kept stumbling...and so we had a lovely whimsical conversation about how Tara will be a lot like that mermaid when she first puts her leg on.
BTW - thank you so much for the lovely emails and comments that touch on our parenting - but you know (and we know) that every single one of you - our friends and family (even Ted!) - are amazing parents or care givers yourselves, and would be behaving exactly the same way if you'd been given the gorgeous gift of Tara Tiara. But still - it's SO great and so necessary to get that positive reinforcement, so thank you, thank you Tia, Gussy, Jason, Lisa and everyone else.
Lizzie and I were talking (well, emailing) about how special the 25th of March sounds. Just a great date. And turns out it's not only going to be Greece's and Tara's Independence Day - it's also The Feast of the Annunciation (when Gabriel appeared to Mary to tell her she'd been chosen to be the mother of Christ) AND it's Theo Paniko's birthday - so we'll be thinking of him too and remembering his beautiful smile, and praying that he and the angels are smiling down on us too.
Nick said a fab thing today - "I suppose it's easy to be normal and hard (and painful sometimes) to be extraordinary".
Tomorrow's a day in Brisbane with the therapist - individual sessions. And maybe the doll amputation...
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