"Are" Book

Sam was having a very good day today and she never ceases to amaze me. We were watching a cooking show on T.V., and Sam asked for a pen and paper so she could write down a recipe. Unfortunately the TV show did not provide the recipe she wanted, but since she had the pen and paper in hand, she wrote down "Sam and Marcie" on the page instead. I couldn't believe it....all of a sudden she can write and spell words clearly. I asked her when she started being able to write and she said she's been working on it, and pointed to her head with a sly smile. Typical Sam. She then wrote down "Are Book" and told me it will be "our book", that she wants to work on. I explained to her that "are" and "our" are slightly different words but sound similar, and I believe she understood. The slight misspelling however, did not negate her amazing feat. We then watched a show on alternate energy about cars, and I know that she understood the content of the show much better than I did. I still wanted to see her write some more words down, so I asked if she could write out the last form of energy we just heard about...which was "cellulose". She said "okay" and wrote down "cellulose". Just fantastic. Also, right before dinner, she asked me if I wanted to go out to a nice restaurant tonight. She thought it might be a good change and then we could have a nice atmosphere where we could talk. Again I was amazed. I told her of course that I would love nothing better than to go out to a nice restaurant with her, but that we just had to wait a little bit longer until that could happen. There are days when a light shines in, and I feel hopeful about Sam's recovery and about our future together. Today was one of those special days.