Beads of Courage - A long view

There is a charity called Beads of Courage that helped our family in a very interesting way:

We were told about it as we settled into hospital life. For every poke, suck, and therapy there is a bead. At the end of our first hospital visit (5 1/2 weeks, but who is counting) the nurses helped my son and I look back over the treatment and fill in his Bead Card. It was a time to reflect on just how far we'd come in a chronologically short time. During the stay there was no time to look at the big picture; it was day-after-day of just trying to keep up. Filling out the card helped us understand the long view.

If you are in the middle of your first stay and the world won't resolve itself; if you feel like sleep happened long ago in a distant memory, know this: there is a long view. Even if you feel like you're walking in circles you are in fact getting somewhere. Even inching forward is still movement. The Beads of Courage are a small reminder that things are changing and progress is being made.

Please have a look I think they are remarkable - Beads of Courage

-PG Somerset