The moments that catch your heart off guard. "The Wishing Wall" in my daughter's classroom. We were flitting from place to place during Open House tonight, seeing her classroom and all of her work. A happy, carefree evening until this hit me like a punch in the gut. School has been the place she goes to forget. To be "normal". She fits in. We're lucky for that. This year has been different though. She's told a few friends about PANS. She chose it as the topic when she had to write a book earlier this year. And now, it's the first thing on her wish list. It's showing. It's on her mind.
Strangely, for me, seeing this on that wall with all the other 9yo wishes made it more real to me. Even after all these years it's still sinking in.
Strength. Love. Hope.
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