Rise & Shine

Last night Wil’s music therapist recapped his session with me. She said, “I know how hard positioning his fingers and his wrist is for him . I can see his restraint from giving up. He has a lot of focus to keep going. That shows me he has been well supported.”

That last sentence 😭 All the years with his educators and therapists and at home. The long stretches of time with few signals of what is working, and what isn’t. Until one day, progress rises up like a submarine shining upon the horizon, revealing the quiet forward motion that had been motoring under the surface all along.

When you see it, you can’t help but feel your eyes sting from the brightness reflecting off the surface.