July 13, 2016
Short post.......Jacob and I were talking today and it came up that we wished there was a way for me to explain to him what is going on in my brain in a way he could really grasp and understand. I came up with the following example and he lit up..he said it finally made sense to him and he really got what was going on in a sense! This is a huge breakthrough for us...yay for aha moments!
Imagine an Orange, perfect and round, a soft inner core with a tough skin to protect it. Imagine playing ball with that orange, baseball, soccer, whatever you can do to kick it around and hit it. After you have done this take a look at the orange and examine it....the outer skin is still in tact and looks fine on the outside just like it did when you started. Now cut that orange open and what do you think you will see? A mushy and bruised fruit that shows all the damage of being hit and tossed around. You didn't think it would look that way because the outside looked just fine didn't it?
This gave my son the aha moment that we needed! He said it finally made sense to him, he could visualize my brain as the orange looking fine on the outside but not so fine inside. I felt like something changed between us and I am grateful for the moment....today was a great day
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