Teamwork

Nancy mentions in her first paragraph in the entry below, we decided very early in our arrival back in the US, to divide up the work. What we have found is that it takes the whole family, working as a team, to get things squared away. Nancy has worked incredibly hard with schools, state entities, city personnel, federal employees and county employees to get Sean all the support he is entitled to.

And this is the key - there is a lot of support out there to get, it takes some hard work and some digging to get all of it. Almost all of the people who work in the various areas are willing to help but most of them really don;t know what is available in other areas outside of theirs. it takes a lot of talking, a lot of searching, many meetings a willingness to help out and gradually things start to work.

If you have a handicapped family member and want some advice - feel free to contact us.

Nancy makes much of the "bread winning" role but the truth is that what she has worked so very hard to get for Sean is just as valuable - and is about equal to the bread I "win".

It may not take a village (snort) but it does take a team.