Dreams

This morning I asked Noah if he had dreamed anything last night, and he pointed very hard to "Yes". "Was it a good dream?" I asked. Another big, "Yes". And then he added, "I dreamed that I walked..." Now at this point I thought, "Wow, he is dreaming about walking one day! That's great!" But there was more. "I dreamed that I walked onto the football field, and I got to kick a field goal from the fifty yard line to win the game!"

I have had many people ask me why we do this program, and how we keep going day after day working so hard. I think Noah has answered that much better than I ever could. It also struck me that he said, "I got to" not "I had to".

It is a great lesson to anyone. When I see a brain-injured person, no matter how severe, I see a person with dreams, big dreams that are no less important than my own. And aren't accomplished dreams sweeter for everyone they touch when there was more to overcome.