15Nov12 Shayna excited getting her toys by name
Sometimes, Shayna gets so excited by the prospect of doing our toy-retrieval training that she starts yelping and howling for us to start.
Considering the fact that two weeks prior, she was given a terminal diagnosis, and had been (to my eye) not far from it, to see this – to experience it, to feel her joy and love and warmth and optimism – was like cool water to my parched mouth. I have never known a more inspiring, loving “person” than Shayna.