Some of you might wonder what Audrey does for fun in between all of her therapies. Her favorite thing to do is go to our local park, Edgmere Park in Garden City and ride the swings. Now Audrey does not get her height from me, she grew 7 inches last year and is so strong from all her therapies, that it has been quite a bit challenging to lift her and put her in the baby swings at the park. It broke my heart to take her to the park with Vivienne and not be able to put her in the swings!
So we were at a local property association gathering and we asked the Garden City Treasurer if he would consider putting in an adaptive swing for Audrey and all the other special needs children in our neighborhood. He didn’t even think twice about it, he asked if I could send him an email with a picture of the swing. Next thing you know I received calls from the town and parks administration and they said they would put them in ALL of the parks in Garden City! I was so thrilled! Finally we could go back to the park with their friends and both my girls could have fun!
I am so happy that I asked for this and am thankful for the overwhelming response from all the parents out there that said these swings have helped their children as well!
You can read this news story on my Video page. Audrey had a full page in the Garden City paper and on local websites!
Now all children of ALL abilities can enjoy our parks in our beautiful town!
