Today marks the anniversary of when the practice first opened on July 11, 2016.
In this time I have had the privileged to serve so many amazing people, get to know wonderful families, and help people through life’s challenges big and small. As I reflect on all of the things that have happened over the last three year my most overwhelming feeling is gratitude…
Gratitude to have a job that I love going to each and every single day.
Gratitude to have a career that offers flexibility to be a present parent and partner.
Gratitude to have a business that supports and works with our community.
Gratitude to be in a community that creates services to meet community needs.
Gratitude for YOU for supporting my dream to help people in our community.
In the last three years, so many things have changed. I’ve practiced in three different locations before landing in my forever home in January 2019. I started out as one person in 2016 and today we are in the process of hiring talented therapists to join me in serving our community.
In 2016, I planned on focusing primarily on weekly therapy. Between then and now, I have had opportunities to use my skills for educational evaluations and advocacy; helping patients obtain OPWDD services; testifying in federal court as an expert witness; and working with different school districts to provide social skills for students with developmental differences.
In the last three years, a lot has also remained the same. I’m still committed to serving every patient and family to the best of my ability. I’ve kept the quirky even as I have moved and upgraded my office location. Patients and their families have gifted me sentimental tokens - Lego mini-figures and socks. These mementos have traveled with me and bring a smile when an unsuspecting character is spotted in an otherwise professional looking office.
The traditional gift for a 3rd Anniversary is leather, so My Better Half recently upgraded the chair I sit in to a new leather one. Feels like I have celebrating covered even while sitting.
New office, new chair, but I still wear goofy socks everyday. Today is fox socks.
Thank you for believing in and supporting my dream. That is the greatest gift of them all.
