For Christmas I wanted to get something special for Ms.
Rachel, Amelia’s trainer at LearningRx.
After conferring with my friend who owns Too Dark Motorsports, we came
up with an idea. She made an ornament
that said “Ms. Rachel-Thank you for being you and letting me be me”. Amelia wrote her name on the back and we
presented it to Ms. Rachel along with a gift card.
You see, when I was considering putting Amelia into the
LearningRx program one of my fears was that she would lose that big
personality. Sometimes that big personality
can make me crazy, the drama from that child wears me out. But her personality is what makes her. The blunt comments, funny things she says,
her big imagination and doing the voices of Mickey Mouse and all of his friends—I
love that so much! There have been a few
embarrassing things said and done, but what child doesn’t do that to their
parents?
Someone once told me that we all have to conform…OUCH! That one gets me, I’ve never been one to
really conform. I can get along with
most anyone and can smooze the best of them, but conform I do not. While sometimes it can be painful, I would be
so miserable conforming to what people seem to want me to be. I want Amelia to be strong and true to
herself as well, so anything I can do to let her be herself I encourage.
That’s one reason I love Ms. Rachel; not only does she let
Amelia be Amelia but she loves exactly who she is! She just giggles at Amelia’s nuances, she
will usually call Ms. Ali into the room so she can hear what Amelia did. Ms. Ali is the person that assigns the
trainers to students and she’s become quite fond of Amelia as well. They both do so much for my heart, to hear
them say they love being with Amelia and how they tell friends and family of
her latest silliness.
I know that once Amelia starts kindergarten at school things
may not be as easy but for now having these ladies be part of our lives is a
blessing.
Thank you Ms. Rachel and Ms. Ali for bringing a smile to my
face and joy to Amelia every week!
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