She will not remember?

One of the hardest things that we hear is “Thank goodness she’s so young, she won’t remember this!”  We understand that this is meant to be a helpful comment but it’s extremely hard to hear. Little Leah is a smart little cookie. Daily since the accident she will tell you “I have fire on my hands” or “I fell into the fire and Uncle Levi picked me up”. Unfortunately our sweet girl has experienced significant trauma. She may not remember every detail but she WILL remember this event. It may not be an explicit memory but her nervous system WILL remember this event. She will have the scars that will remember this event. And she will grow up hearing the stories that will remind her of this event. This is and will be a part of her story.  

Unfortunately last night was rough, rough, rough. Neither kiddo really slept but Leah had a significantly hard night. Her cough was keeping her up but sadly it was obvious that she was having nightmares. She was restless and talking in her sleep and she was crying and repeating phrases that she often says during dressing changes and times of pain. Her little body is remembering.
 
Now our job is to show up in the hard and love her hard and show her safety as she processes and heals.  

Overall today was hard!  Leah just isn’t feeling super well. She needed lots of distractions. Her little pinky is is a little less swollen, but still really “ouchy” for her.  

Ways to Pray: 

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