My youngest daughter Gracie is a handful. I have known it forever. She was not an easy baby, or toddler. Now I know why. She has a sensory integration disorder. She is what they like to call a "sensory seeker." She craves messes, heights, spinning, etc. She has a hard time sitting still and likes to flip upside down. Many people think she a daredevil or a troublemaker or maybe a disruptive little child. And maybe partly she is, but what we now know is that she can't really help it. Her brain is wired in a different way. We are going to be working we a resource teacher and an OT to help make her life a little easier.
As a scrapbooker I like to work though my emotions on a page. So here is the page I made about all of this. I wanted to use pictures that really show a side of her and I wanted a lot of room to journal. So it is a two-pager.
I used the yummy Valentine's paper from We R Memory Keepers.
So there you have it.
Beautiful page Anazelia! Your view on your daughters special personality is great. I had never heard of this disorder before. I can imagine that it must be extremely tough at times... especially when others don't understand. Your outlook and opinion on it will shape your daughter into a wonderful person. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeletewhat a sweet letter to her!
ReplyDeletebeautiful page and I know you will get it all figured out.
ReplyDeleteYou so captured her joy in these pictures girl!!! My son is like this. I've found that he loves when I lay on him completely covering his body; legs on legs, chest on chest. He loves the sensory feeling of a full body hug w/ all the pressure. I bet your girl does too :)
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