Technically it’s still Friday. Some great client work got in the way of uploading a photo for your Friday viewing pleasure.

I present my Quinn. She’s come a long way.

In this photo she is just shy of her 2nd birthday and we are enjoying a day at the pool. Often Quinn would garner attention from people. Adults would stare with their eyes full of pity and children would question why she had a walker. From the very second she started using this walker she was proud. Proud to be upright with her peers and proud to be mobile.

Quinn never minded the attention the walker would get her. In fact, on most occasions we found her charming people with her sunny outlook and big eyes that showed pure joy. The joy was streaming from our 2 year old who, after a long time with a typical 2 year old mind in a less than one year old body, was finally moving. Moving like she had wanted to for so long.

It would be another 6 months of using this walker. One day in the afternoon sun at a park for our church’s easter celebration and egg hunt she had decided that the walker was a nuisance. She hit a bump in the grass and let go of the walker. She let go and started walking towards a new life.

She’s a marvel to behold. From developmentally delayed to yellow belt karate girl. I’m still in awe of her accomplishments.