December 3rd 2014
Today Maria Jose and I celebrated two years of being together. Maria has been with me through thick and thin. Thankfully in these last two years I have not really been sick! Only three times to the hospital in two years is pretty good! It takes strength, tenacity, patience, and tons of love to be my therapist. Maria has all these qualities and more. She is originally from Cartago. Cartago is a city 25km east of San Jose and it is 1435 meters above sea level. It is quite a different climate than here. In Cartago people wear sweaters!!! Maria takes the bus to get out here, it is a long journey and takes about 6 hours after taking the ferry, taxi’s and bus. We live in the jungle where there are definitely more critters around than in the city, and Maria is used to living in the city where there are malls, movies, shopping and more. She has adapted very well and even though she prefers the cold she has become used to the hot of Delicas and she definitely likes the beach! 🙂
Maria Jose is more than just my physical therapist. She is my best friend. She not only pushes me to be the best I can possibly be she loves me dearly. She bathes me, does my hair in a million different ways, she feeds me my lunch, we read books together, make cards together, walk together, and sometimes take naps together. Even though I do not communicate verbally I do communicate with my eyes, with the sounds I make when happy, sad, or mad! We know each other very well. I am grateful to have her in my life I am doing better than ever physically and you should see my thighs right now!! They are muscular and strong. I have been doing more and more different exercises lifting from my trunk to a sitting position. I know that maybe just maybe someday I might sit on my own. One thing we have is faith in each other. She believes in me and I believe in her.
Maria Jose has a silly side too, she likes to push the back of my chair really fast and stand on the back of it as we sail through the living room. She likes to push me down in my stroller on all the bumpy parts of the road while I kick my feet and legs and laugh. One thing for sure even though I am special I am involved and try to do all the things that other kids do too! I never get left out, Maria and my parents make sure of that. I hope you know how much I love you Maria. Thanks for being so kind to me, for being my friend. I look forward to this year together.
A quote for Maria Jose,
“A best friend is someone who won’t judge you, who loves you for you, and most of all makes you feel like you are worth something!”
Love Malia xoxoxo