I think everyone knows this because Scott and I seem to be shouting it from the mountain tops these days, but if you have been living under a rock, heres the great news: Ian is walking walking walking!!! In fact he is almost running sometimes. He thinks its fun to walk up to the television and turn it off when I try to watch a show. I was thinking about this whole journey and how I wanted so badly for Ian to be able to walk that I would dream about him randomly getting up and walking into my bedroom in the middle of the night. I was always so sad when I woke up and realized it was a dream. One time I took the kids to a fountain and we were throwing pennies into it and making wishes. I threw a penny and out loud said "I wish Ian could walk" I know some might think that was wrong and I should have been praying for that not wishing, but at that point I was a little prayed out and had no more words and I just needed to vent. I was so desperate I was throwing pennies in a fountain like a little kid....that was about 8 months ago.
I feel like so much has happened since then. We go to a new church. I have a restored faith in "Christians", there for a while church goers were not my favorite people. I still feel very hurt and abandoned by a church we used to go to but thats the past and that can be healed. Our family has grown together in so many ways and we are all moving forward.
Thank you everyone for all the uplifting comments and prayers and thoughts. Ian still has things to conquer but the "biggie" was walking and I feel like thats a great start! I think I will always be ecstatic watching Ian walk even when he is 30 years old. :)
