Call for Cards

Tonight was a good night for Sam in contrast to the last couple of nights when I had visited and had not been able to understand most of what she was saying. I had begun to worry that she was somehow regressing. But tonight when I arrived, she began talking in a clear voice that was easily understandable and she managed to continue that way for about an hour before she got tired. Also, someone had mailed her a card at the facility, and so we opened it together. The note to Sam filled the enire inside of both sides of the card, and so of course I asked her if she could read it to me.....and she did! She managed to read the entire card. She also then studied the card itself, looked really carefully at the front and back of the card, and seemed very pleased with the natural images on the card. I even think she recogonized that the card was from the Metropolitan Museum, but can't be 100% sure. What I do know is that Sam seems to love receiving these personal cards and notes from people and now that she can even read them fully herself they are even more exciting for her. Therefore, I encourage anyone reading this blog at the moment, to send Sam a card directly at the facility (address is located on the right hand side of this blog). The notes and cards are very special to Sam and she was excited to see who the card was from, to open it up and actually read it. It took her a while before she let go of the card and allowed me to place it on her nightstand. She wanted to hold onto it just a little bit longer.