Malia Moore

I haven’t had a chance to express my feelings about Naty, my new therapist. Naty came into the family at the beginning of December. I was not at my best. After having almost three years of not being ill everything decided to hit me all at once. It was not the best of times. Natalia, was newly graduated from physical therapy school and with very little experience with children with special needs but she decided to take on the job of being my therapist and committed to our family for a year.

All the strength that I had gained working out with Maria Jose over the years was gone from being sick and weak. My mind remembered how to do these exercises but I had to regain strength and control all over again. So we started taking baby steps.

Natalia over the last seven months has shown commitment, endurance, patience, willingness to learn, friendship and lots of love. She handles any situation with grace and ease. I can imagine how hard it was for her in the beginning as I was crying all the time from my stomach issues and I wanted to be pushed and entertained at all times. Constant crying can drive anyone crazy! Natalia soon was handling me as if she had always worked with kids with special needs. I had to prove to Naty that I was strong and resilient! Now 7 months later I am back to having great head and trunk control. I am weight bearing on my arms and legs. I have bounced back and Naty and I work out super together and we have become great friends.

I have to tell one of our crazy adventures we had together. Remember in December when we finally got my new wheel chair van? We went to the shop where they were installing the handicap ramp in the van. Dad had dropped us off and was on his way back home to Delicias.We were staying in the city a few more days as I was having to have blood and urine work done. We were headed to the clinic when mom pulled out of the shop carefully with my new car….. We are on a side road headed to the stop light of the main highway when there to our left is a big 18 wheeler backing up into a business to unload merchandise. Okay, mom brakes, doesn’t get too close letting the 18 wheeler back in, when all of a sudden the top of his truck takes down all the electrical lines above. The next thing you know the electrical lines begin to swing down towards us in our new van! OMG my mom let out the biggest OH JESUS…. DONT TAKE US DOWN NOW! The electrical cables came swinging straight for us but missed us by inches. All the electricity on the street went out, the stop lights stopped working and it was utter chaos! Thankfully we did not get electrocuted that day and the car did not get damaged! Again, us girls were in total control! Calm…. besides the hurdling scream mom let out when she thought the cables were going to hit us! We continued on our way, and made it to my appointment in time! That day everyone kept staring at us in the van…. We decided no one had seen such cute girls in such a big car! 😉

So back to Natalia, not only is she a wonderful person and great therapist, but she is my friend. Her family is the best too! They are always so sweet to us and many times when we were in San Jose while I was sick Natalia’s mom would send food, wash my clothes, and do just about any favor. I am so blessed and thank God everyday for bringing Naty into our lives. She is family now and I can’t wait to take her to Texas so she can meet all our family and friends.
Love Malia