[tri-med] Re: tri-med Digest V2 #282

In a message dated 07/25/2003 12:00:08 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> We had our Michigan Mini Conference yesterday and last night I asked Alex
> how he felt about meeting other triers (albeit different flavors). Before we
> met he was nervous and after he said he felt lucky to be able to eat food
> via mouth! lol Alex recognized that he's not had the PT, surgeries etc that
> Emily and Keren have.
> 
> I think that seeing other triers made his situation seem not so isolating or
> lonely. Time will tell.
> 

Hi Michelle:   Originally you had said that we needed to be aware of what we 
said at our meeting because Alex didn't know... then I saw the post about you 
telling him.  I was a little nervous going into the meeting wondering if this 
would create different feelings for him.  He seemed kinda interested in 
watching me feed Emily... so it's funny that he mentioned feeling lucky to eat 
by 
mouth.  Hopefully that was a positive experience for him.  Did telling him make 
you feel more at ease talking about your past experiences or were you still 
holding back a little because of Molly??

Both Alex and Molly seem like great kids.  Molly sure does have lots of ideas 
about how the world works.  Very well spoken for a 12 year old.  Alex was a 
bit more quite, but I sure did enjoy watching him take Emily for a little walk. 
(HA!)

Keren was just adorable too.  All those rolls and chubby cheeks were so cute! 
 It's always fun to see little ones since mine are bigger now. (Not much 
though)

I had such a great time meeting all of you.  I think next time I would love 
to meet without my kids.  I felt like I missed half the conversation. It was so 
nice to talk and put faces with names and feel a connection that you can't 
find with other friends and their children.

Let's do that again!!

   Jennifer - Mom to Emily (7) T13 Mosiac and Hannah (4)  Michigan, USA


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