Jennifer Briggs

This week we got 9 hours and 20 minutes. Carl was away all week so it felt like a long week. On one occasion Sarah said a nearly perfect “watch” as opposed to the usual “wash” when she wants to watch something. Her asking to watch various movies has evolved into sometimes being a game… Read more »

This week we got 11 hours. I forgot to mention that a week ago Sarah had a more connected (than ever before) phone conversation with Mom-Mom. Today she started saying “Mom-Mom” in full instead of “Ma-ma.” This correction was all of her own accord. She wanted to play with Mom-Mom. (and wanted to ride on… Read more »

This week we got 7 1/2 hours. If anything I feel like Sarah’s language has improved even further. It is hard to remember when she couldn’t express herself so much. We still have a ways to go so that other people can understand her as well as Carl and I can. Sarah’s teacher commented that… Read more »

This week we got a little over 12 hours. Since I count Sun-Sat as the week, part of this count was from the Outreach. Monday I had a volunteer to watch Amy and I got a solid and wonderful 2 hours with Sarah. It was one of the best sessions ever. I felt more energized… Read more »

Woohooo! We got 12hrs and 20 min this week! And it was a week where we were traveling at the beginning! A large part of our hours are due to M. being with us for the Outreach. It was absolutely amazing! So helpful!! I learned so much from the Start-Up last summer but there were… Read more »

This update is coming to you later than usual in the week because we were away over the weekend visiting Carl’s family in MN. Given the travel and other hiccups in the schedule I am pleased that we got 6 1/2 hrs of SR time, including a tiny bit in MN. The girls traveled quite… Read more »

This week we got 10hrs 5min. I had a consultation on Wed with M., a Son-Rise expert, and she had some good ideas that I will implement in terms of potty training. I have scheduled an Outreach with M. for mid-April. An Outreach is where M. will come to our house for 3 days and… Read more »

We had our biggest week yet! 12 hours!!!!!!!!!! I know I say this a lot, but I am feeling ever so grateful for my lovely volunteers both in the playroom and with Amy. I am also deeply grateful for the wonderful team of school teachers and therapists and for the out-of-school therapists. We have such… Read more »

Amazingly enough we got 6hrs and 15min this past week. This was a week that included all of us being sick in various ways at various times, culminating in Sarah being hospitalized on Thursday with pneumonia. Luckily Carl was able to meet us at the ER (at the exact moment we pulled into the parking… Read more »

This week we got a record 11hrs and 10 min!!! I have now increased my goal to being 11 hours and to gradually build up to 15 and then over the summer hit 20-30. With kindergarten on the horizon I really want Sarah to be as ready and as flourishing as she can be. I… Read more »