What is a speech therapist?

When you have a child, you may dream of this magazine/perfect life for them. You may even map out their whole life before they are even born...down to their very first girlfriend/boyfriend 

(when they are in their 20's of course, 

because... you know what you were doing when you were a tween)

Then they come along and you know in your hearts of all hearts that something isn't right... 

Your dream comes crashing down...

BUT...

even though you think to yourself "how in the hell are we going to deal with this?" 

you start building a new dream.

The same dream you had all along...to give your baby the life they deserve.

Your dream will come crashing down several times more, once you get your first diagnoses you will want to give up, but you know you can't.

Insurance, therapist, medicaid, bills, on top of house and car payments, childcare. (you get what I'm trying to say)

and you go back to that thought of "how the hell are we going to do this"...

and along comes some help...

Back to my orginial question what is a speech therapist...

According to google...

1. A speech therapist is a specialist with training in the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of speech, voice, and language disorders who works with people, unable to make speech sounds or cannot make them clearly.

To our family she is a saint, a miracle, someone we can't see our lives without. 

She is a teacher not only to our child, but to us we are constantly learning something new, 

She is a cheerleader.

She is a giver, and strives to help us give our son the life we have always dreamed of for him!!

She is a believer, not only in our son, but in us as well.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that she is more than just my son's therapist 

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She is a friend...I can call or text her at any given time and she is there answering any questions we have or giving any support that she can!!

Thank you Suzanne for everything that you do!! 

We Cherish you.

xoxo

Alana