Jennifer Briggs

Since Jenny and Amy were away this week for more Sarah-Rise training, I got to have some quality Sarah & Dad time earlier this week and then my sister Sonia arrived Tuesday to help out. When I mentioned that it was just me and my daughter to another engineer at the company we’re working with… Read more »

This week we got 20 1/2 hours. I’m sending out this email before the week is quite done because I leave tonight to start driving to MA (just with Amy and my mom meets us there to care for Amy) for the next Son-Rise training session. I am spreading the drive over two days because… Read more »

This week we got 10 hours. I know long ago that would have felt like a huge achievement. Now that we have reached much bigger numbers and have bigger future goals that feels like a small number.  In my consultation with M. she helped me see that I am still running a program, even if… Read more »

This week we got 16 hours. Sarah is definitely talking more to her volunteers than in the past. She continues to tell stories about what happened to her or to Amy, mainly about falling down the stairs. Sometimes it is a bit confusing to follow whether she is talking about something that did happen or… Read more »

This week we were just shy of 20 hours. It is amazing the difference it makes to have a few volunteers! I am astounded to report that as of now I no longer need any volunteers. Holy cow! With the two new people I recently started/am about to start training, we are all set to… Read more »

This week we got 13 hours and 40 minutes. This was mostly me with a little bit of time from Carl and some from my mom, J. Sarah had a bit of a tumble down the last of our concrete steps outside. I don’t know if the fault lies in her new sneakers being sized… Read more »

This week we got 27 hours and 15 minutes. This was in large part due to wonderful help from A., who came every day to work with Sarah and to watch Amy while I worked with Sarah. Today we bid him a fond farewell as he heads off to NYC. He will be missed. September… Read more »

This week we got 26 hrs, 20 min. We have fantastic news to share….Carl’s sister Sonia will be moving to Pittsburgh in October to help us for the year!!!!!!!!!!!! Hallelujah!! She is fantastic in the playroom and with both girls out of the playroom and with helping our life run more smoothly in general. Highlights… Read more »

Given that this was a week in which daycare was closed, I am pleased to report that we still managed 19 1/2 hours. And that was without any hours on Saturday because we were driving to Delaware to celebrate Sarah’s great grandfather’s 91st birthday. It was great to see lots of family and it was… Read more »

This week we got 22 hours and 15 minutes. Everything is set for Sarah not to attend kindergarten in the fall. There is no school requirement in PA until the age of 6 so I don’t need to do any home schooling forms or anything. In Feb/March of next year I will contact the appropriate… Read more »