My Week with Grace

I finally made it down to Fernie to see Grace! I was down there for almost a whole week. Like I said, the bus wasn't running last Monday so on Tuesday my mom and her friend from work drove me down to the Cranbrook mall. Moms friend Kaitlyn is a very nice girl and it was nice to travel and chat with her. Also, I always get excited for people to meet my friends, especially Grace,so they can see how cool she is. Anyway, we met Grace and her family in the mall. Grace loves to shop so we were there quite a while. I stink at shopping so I just followed Grace around. I am getting better though. I bought my first pair of shorts yesterday without anyones opinon. That was good! So, when we finally got grace out of the mall, we went to medichair. Medichair is the business that gets wheelchairs and stuff for diverse people to make their lives easier. Grace had to get her seatbelt on her chair tightened and I got to get some new bearings and some air in my tires. This was unexpected! Two guys were there and they just did it right then and there. My mon and I love those kind of people. We also got to check out diffrent things divese peaple can use. Some of the stuff is really cool and would make my life a little easier. So, Mom's got some christmas present ides. ha ha. I also got t to try a relaxing chair that might relax my muscles. Mom couldn't get me out of that thing. There is all sorts of stuff in there. Mom left me at Medichair with Grace and her family and when Grace was done, we drove to Fernie. I brought my chair as well so I could zip around with grace. So, we had two wheelchairs with us, whitch is diffrent. They usually hace a scooter for me to get around in because my chair can't fit in Graces van. This time though, they took the front seat out. Graces tyedowns were up front where she sat and we bought some extra tye downs from Medichair for my chair. So, we had two heavy chairs in the van. It was tricky for us to fit in and it was a very heavy load for Graces mom Janice to drive around in, but we did it! Besides seeing Grace and Janice, I also got to spend a bit of time with Graces older sister, Tabitha. She was very funny and was a great girl to talk to and spend time with. Grace has an awesome family. There's her mom and three other siblings and her crazy dad ,Buddy. They all make me feel like I'm part of the family. Grace has a very cool house, that is very wheelchair accessible. She has an elvator to go back and forth from the first level of the house to the second. She has a huge bedroom with a walkin bathroom. She has a walk in bathtub that is fit for a princees. She has a sink that you just have to put your hand under and it turns on. She has a tracking device that can carry her places. It is a very cool house and even though I can walk, I do use some of her stuff like her elevator and bathtub. It is a huge treat for me. I can get around great in her house. So, the first full day I was in fernie, Grace and I got to go downtown in our chairs. We could walk to town and Janice would meet us there. It is preety incredible that we could do that independly. We would go anywhere. The only problen is that Graces chair goes too fast for me. ha ha. Grace would keep walking and I'd be way behind her and she would forget about me. Then when she remembered, she would turn around and look at me and yell "C'mon slowpoke. Is that how fast that chair can go. Medichhair has got to make it faster!" We both love to tease eachother, and one thing Grace always teased ne about is being a slowpoke. So, we would go for walks, to the liabrary, and out for lunch. The times that Grace and I were alone were special. Her mom had to be with us a bit, whitch was great because I love spending time with the two of them. However, those moments where Grace and I were by ourselfs talking about life, teaching eachother lessons and laughing, are very very special. So, the whole reason, I came down to visit Grace this week was to help her out with the day camp for special needs that she works at. This camp is run out of the middle school in Fernie. Grace used to go there. That's kind of cool We didn't go every day, but it was nice for me to see how things work there and how Grace helps out. She is amazing with the kids. She keeps good tabs on them and tries to open up to each one. There was one little boy there with preety severe autism, and he was halving a bad day. He got sort of stressed out so Grace sang him a song to calm him down. I got to help too! It worked! Grace really knows how to help those kids. She knows what does work for them and what doesn't. She tries to get to know them and break there sheilds of fear. She really tries hard and cares about the kids. You can tell that the fact that Grace has a job is really important to her as it will be to me when I get one. I want to do something like this so watching Grace and the other cousillors was good for me to see what I have to do. The first day of the daycamp, we went to the local postofffice. The kids got taught how the mail carriers sort the mail into the mailboxes. The kids got to put letter in peoples boxes. That was a good chore for them. Watching that, I thought that doing that job would be fun for me because I love to sort things. We also did a couple crafts with the group. They made picture frames and then Grace introduced a new craft. You get a painting canvas and hot glue a bunch of crayons to the top. Then you heat the crayons with a blowdryer so the wax from them drops down on the canvas. Grace brought a sample she made at school. It was quite a neat craft. I helped a camper with one and also made my own. We also went to the lake with the summer progran as well as with Graces family. I got to swim in the lake for the first time this summer whitch was great! I always love the first dip in the lake each summer. So, those were our two days at daycamp. It was awesome to see how everything works and meet all the kids. It is definetly a potential career choice for me to do stuff like this so it was good experience. For the last two days of the week, Grace and I just hung out together. We watched movies, walked downtown. We just hung ou. Graces ski program got finalized so that it is now a society. That was exciting! Grace is a go getter and has worked really hard to get this going so I was was really proud of her when she was all finished! Good goin Grace! It was another fabulous week at Graces. I always love to come there to take a break from reality and just hang out. Grace is the only kid other than my sister who I can talk about anything with. She is a special friend. We get sick of eachother by the end otf the week. Were always being silly and at eachothers throats. We love eachother though. Thanks for the awsome week you guys. I had a blast. I'll come anytime!