Second year Day 352 - Saturday November 30, 2013

Oh, forgot to mention that yesterday I took Bridgett to see Anne Yellow Kidney, the craniosacral therapist that Patti Fenn told me about.  She is located right in Bigfork.  We were waiting for her finish with her appointment before us, and when the person came out--it was Lil Levi!  We were both surprised to see the other one and had a really quick hello goodbye before we went into our appointment.  Anne is very experienced.  I'm not sure at this point how experience she is in relation to Faith, but this next week we will watch how Bridgett does and that will tell me a lot.  However, at least she has many years of experience, and she definitely knows more that most of the therapist we've seen.  We are hoping that this can help with our travel situation!  One thing that Anne talked to Bridgett about during this appointment was that she has tension down one side from her negative feeling towards the man that hit her.  She asked Bridgett how she felt about him.  Bridgett said she was angry that he hit her.  Anne said these feelings spill over into our life and cause people to have negative feelings towards others that they are involved with.  She asked Bridgett if she ever got mad at her dad or brothers, and how their relationship was.  Bridgett told Anne that that she loves each of them and that they love her and treat her so well.  Suddenly I remember something.  There have only been like five times that Bridgett has been angry about anything since her wreck, but each time she has said something snappy to Mark!  He always looks bewildered and asks me, what did I do?  And he hasn't ever done anything really.  I have just chalked it up to hormones but I wonder......I mentioned this to Anne and she nodded.  She told Bridgett that this is common when you get hurt.  Your inner child expects your dad to protect you, to keep you from getting hurt.  Your inner child blames your dad for not being there and helping you.  So, she said to take this next week to try to forgive the man that hurt her.  After we left, we talked on the way home.  We haven't really talked about this subject for a while.  Bridgett again asked me if the man ever apologized to her.  She said, he should have said that he was sorry you know!  I know, but he is sorry I'm sure, I said.  Then I remembered to tell her about something that happened while she was in a coma.  I blogged about it at the time.  Her visiting teacher found out about the wreck and called her mother and told her.  When the mother heard the details, she exclaimed that this girls father had been at the scene!  They all got together that night and came up to the waiting room at the ICU to see us.  The father sat and told us about his experience.  He said that he was one of the first on the scene, just minutes/seconds after it happened.  He saw that a cyclist had been hit and since he was a cyclist himself, thought this might be one of my friends.  He jumped out of his vehicle and ran to Bridgett.  He saw that it wasn't anyone he knew but had great compassion for her.  He took off his coat and covered her up, since it was so cold outside.  He looked over and saw the man that had hit her and he had fallen to the ground on his knees and was sobbing.  When I told Bridgett this, she immediately changed in her demeanor and started to cry!  She said she felt so badly for him and realized the great sorrow that the man had. She said, I hope Heavenly Father forgives me for being angry with him--I'm so sorry!  All the way home she talked about it.  When we got home, the rest of the family was a little mystified to hear her talking about it and about how sorry she felt for the man.  I explained the situation to everyone.  I cried too.  It's a hard thing for everyone.