this moment

{this moment}: A Friday tradition with Soulemama. Grab one moment from this week (if you're not too busy being in the moment!) One that you just want to hang onto and not forget.

And if you're a blogger playing along, please leave your link!

I'm going to disobey the rules just this once and add some words to this picture. 

This, above, is the baby who started physiotherapy before he was one because he wasn't moving. This is the toddler who we had to strap into calf-high splints to get him up and walking at two years old. This is the boy who, after years of physio and occupational therapy, we're still told will tire quickly, need supplements, disengage, and need help.

Righto, then. Tell him at five he needs pure maths to be an astronaut and watch him inhaling numbers. Send him to school and watch him connecting and befriending. Drop the supplements and watch his health thrive. Turn off the TV, send him outside and watch him run. 

I'm grateful for all the help we've had, but sometimes I think: all by himself, this kid is going to grow wings and fly.

Comments

[bennoss]

long live king henry-dude!!!

[Jo]

Go get 'em Henry!

Here's my crazy 5yr old: http://bubalablog.blogspot.com/2011/01/this-moment.html

[Alex Nolan]

Sniff, sniff... Such a proud Mummy of such an awesome boy. So wish we lived closer and could see your kids grow, develop and change. Wish you could hang out wih mine too and they could have some ace cousin relationships. James and Henry would, I am certain, be great friends (J wants to be a scientist!), and Tilly, Edward and William would get into all sorts of unmentionable mischief! Wanting so much to see you all at the moment xxx

[MJ]

Beautifully said, and congrats on all his success.
Here's one of my angels:
http://wanderwonderdiscover.com

[Susanna]

wow your post gave me chills!! what an awesome moment! SO glad you know what's best for your baby!! many blessings to you all!

[Catherine]

Oh gosh, your post made me choke up. So wonderful and such a beautiful little boy. :) Happy I clicked on your "this moment" today. :)

Here is ours.

http://catfood27cents.blogspot.com/2011/01/this-moment.html

[Patty]

God bless him!

[Keepcatebusy.blogspot.com]

Wow - kids are the *best* at not knowing what they can't do!!!!!
Good luck with the astronaut thing too :-)
have a great weekend - hope you are dry and safe!
xxxCate

[Nadja]

Thanks for breaking the rules! Your words were wonderful (and such a handsome lad, too!)

[Dani G]

Glad I found you. We were once told our little girl might never walk. After years of PT, OT, etc, I'm chasing after her.
Here's our moment:
http://www.imjustthatway.com/2011/01/this-moment_14.html

[Karen]

What a special moment!!! And thank you for your words full of love for your special boy!

Here ist our moment:
http://dreikleinehasen.blogspot.com/2011/01/dieser-moment_14.html

You can see my little boy (by the way born with a lip palate...) playing with his favourite animals. And some day we hope to see the whales in Australia again!
Greetings from Germany to Sydney - my favourite city all over the world :-)))

Karen

[milkymumma]

What an inspiring post! I'm glad you broke the "rules" on this one. Thank you for sharing.

xx

[Halleh]

Such a great success story. Good luck on the rest of his journey. The picture is beautiful and has a great movement to it.
My moment:
http://www.livingamused.com/2011/01/14/this-moment-my-moment-of-the-week-01-14-10/

[Sue]

I love you.

[Cassandra]

Awesome post, photo AND words! Happy weekend to you all.

[Earth Mama]

Aww so sweet. What an awesome little man you've got there! Let em run and grow those wings!

:)Lisa

[Liz]

What a lovely moment. Kids are incredible! No one needs to teach them to lust for life, we just need to learn to get out of their way when they are doing it!

Here's my moment: http://thistinyexistence.blogspot.com/2011/01/this-moment_14.html

[Christine]

haha, looks like he is having a great time! Interesting how quickly kids can catch up with a little help.....
here is mine: http://craftygeordi.blogspot.com/2011/01/this-moment-autumn-and-fromie.html

[Christie]

Ha! Looks like lots of fun!

Here is mine this week: http://describehappy.blogspot.com/2011/01/happy-moment-13-theres-no-place-like.html

[Claudine]

This is a simply radiant picture -- made even more special by the words you include (sometimes the stories of our moments deserve a bit more explaining...so I appreciate that you did!) I did as well by including more pics on a post immediately prior to my moment! :)

Here is our moment: http://becomingclaudine.blogspot.com/2011/01/this-moment_14.html

Best to your growing boy!!

[Dmarie]

what a beautiful success story & a beautiful child. And besides that, an absolutely perfect captured moment. so glad I visited!
My moment: http://bettermebetterworld.blogspot.com/

[SB]

You made me cry :)

[Fran]

Such a great mood in that picture - as you say, as though everything is possible for him.

[Georgie Youl]

bless, Henry looks FABULOUS

[Sarah]

Beautiful words. Glad you added them.

[embracingitall]

What a beautiful picture. I love hearing stories about odds being challenged and beaten! He looks like he has a great spirit about him. I have come via Soulemama. My moment is a picture of our boy too. http://www.embracingitall.com/?p=398
Jacinta

[MamaQ]

i ADORE hearing stories like that. your photo is amazing and i'm so glad you were able to capture it. thanks for cheating and adding all those words - like everyone else i am choked up and am grateful for miracles!

[Renee]

So beautiful. Thanks for sharing

[Sofia's Ideas]

Great action shot! :) I'm stopping by from Soule Mama's {This Moment}. I hope you'll do the same! You can see our moment @ http://sofiasideas.com/2011/01/14/this-moment-12/

Sofia's Ideas

[deb @ talk at the table]

wow.
and such a life force photo.

[toasted]

Weird thing this blog world - we read snippets of stories from lives and slowly things come into focus. I've had a keen radar for mentions of this spunky son of yours as the same diagnosis has been bandied around for my daughter. For her, it keeps getting mentioned and then dismissed - and sometimes I think I should demand a test and be done with it. And then other times I just think- hell, she's just who she is and she's doin it all her own way and I just wanna be done with all the medical crap and let her get on with it. Of course I'm gonna keep doing all the OT and physio and speechy stuff - but, you know, I know exactly how you feel - just give em the space for there unique wingspan!

[green ink]

I just love seeing happy children and you can tell in that picture what a lust for life he has. xx