BRIEF UPDATE:

We’ve been home a lot the last couple of months for various reasons and we learned how important it is to keep / maintain a steady routine when caring for someone with brain damage.

WE BELIEVE: Being consistent daily helps her brain try to remember. There’s no way to know but we keep trying new things and we have seen little improvements in awareness from time-to-time. Plus, talking to her with kindness and showing her love during the daily routine, these are the ingredients we believe to give her inner peace, especially when that someone cannot speak. To know you are loved and safe – knowing it’s all going to be ok…the brain tells itself to relax and the heart is full.

There’s always hope.

So, even though we’ve been caring for Trina for 14 years now – no matter if the times are tough or smooth – she continues to bless us. To be around someone 24/7, who smiles so often and we recognize her complete innocence (like a baby) – it strikes your heart with reality that most of our hearts have gotten darker over time, less hopeful. Her innocence is a daily reminder to us to keep looking up so our hearts remain clean and full of hope.

Trina continues to have a lot of seizures. Thank God they are not Grand Mals like we had in 2022, but we feel badly for her (we don’t know if she’s in pain) and those days exercise, etc. is limited, her routine is off, and they exhaust her. Also, Steve (dad on earth) has had some health issues and we’ve had trouble finding caregivers to help, which complicates our situation.

So, please keep us in your prayers.