Chasing Rainbows.

I don't know what your exercise schedule is like - but for the most part, I plan mine out a week in advance.  I know which classes I will attend at the gym, and I know when and how far I plan to run or cycle - at the beginning of every week.

This past week, it got to be the very end of the week, and I knew I wanted to run and/or swim.  We were in the mountains for the long weekend.  On Sunday, as the day progressed, we got behind with various activities, and I felt my workout opportunity slipping away.  With a boom of thunder, I quickly changed into my running clothes, hoping to get in 3 miles before the storm.  It would have to do -
A mile and a half into the run, the sky opened up.  Not with sprinkles or drizzle - an enormous downpour, pounding on the pavement, causing steam to rise up, and the humidity to double.  I am running - not near enough to the cabin to seek shelter.  In a matter of seconds, I am drenched.  I might as well keep going, right?  In the pouring rain, in the steam, in the humidity, I ran my 3 miles (3.5 to be exact).  As I was rounding the final turn, the rain slowed down, and the sun peeked out - and what do you know, but a rainbow appeared on the ground about 2 feet in front of me.  I focused on the rainbow, and ran towards it. . .rounding another turn, I was now upon the rainbow.  In fact, it looked like it was shooting out of my left shoe.  I caught the rainbow.

This got me thinking about how when I was younger, I was taught the acronym for remembering the colors of the rainbow - ROY G BIV (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet). 

My 9 year old is almost 2/3 of the way done with his twelve weeks of Brain Balance.  After this week, he will have four more weeks.  He has made tremendous progress in quite a few areas.  Many people are asking us, "Do you think Brain Balance is working?"  "Do you think Brain Balance is the reason for his improvement?"

Yes...and No.

I do not think we would have seen this improvement, this fast, without Brain Balance.  I think that Brain Balance has been an enormous part of the success we are seeing right now.  I am so glad that we are able to participate in this program, and work with such an amazing and supportive staff.  I want to attend Brain Balance.  I think everyone could benefit from this kind of program.

But I also think that Brain Balance is standing on the shoulders of others.  Our school is amazing.  Every teacher who has contact with my children, even the ones they just pass in the hallways, is wonderful and helpful.  Each teacher that my son gets to work with has helped him to get to where he is now, and they continue to raise the bar while encouraging him. 

My parents have supported all of us through a variety of therapies, and therapists, in an effort to give my son the tools and strategies he needs to improve and be successful.

My husband and I both have not just taken our child to these therapies and therapists, but modified our lives, our schedules, and our parenting, in order to be more organized, be more supportive, be more disciplined, and to create the scaffolding needed in order to support our child(ren) in the different ways they learn and grow.

Like the rainbow - it takes rain and sunshine, for all the colors to come together to create something beautiful.
It takes this village of grandparents, teachers, Brain Balance, friends, family, and parenting, in order for my children to shine.  Their colors are showing, and I thank YOU all.