The Lord's Supper

As we enter the last of days of Holy week, we get to remember and celebrate the Lord's Last Supper. Tonight is Josie's favorite church event of the whole year. It is tho night that the priest does the washing of the feet as Jesus did to his disciple's at the Last Supper. This important ritual for us started about 5 or 6 years ago. All the parishioners can go into these certain lines in church and the person in front of them washes their feet and then they do the next person, etc. Well, Josie want to do this and was the first one in the line. Back up a sec, let me set the stage for her to get prepared to get her feet washed. This was back in the day where she had huge leg braces on with A LOT of velcro. Just as the church gets completely quite, she decided to start the removal process of all of her shoe paraphernalia. Rip went one piece of velcro after the next. It was so loud yet she was so excited. She went prancing up to participate. The most wonderful thing is that the person who's feet she washed was Margaret Mortimore, her very first physical therapist. Do you know who we got Margaret?? The first Sunday I had Josie we went to church. After church, Margaret, who I had never met before, approached us and told us she was a pediatric physical therapist and she would love to help us out. Well, she did beyond words. She took us under her wing and guided us to where we needed to be. She worked with both girls for a very long time. We give her all the credit for getting us to Children's Hospital Los Angeles, to the best care we could ever have hoped to receive and more specifically to the orthopedic surgeons and the rehab department. Margaret's friendship and guidance has blessed us in so many ways and this all started by a kind stranger that happened to be sitting in church with us one day. We are eternally grateful to Margaret and she is truly a gift from God. So fast forwarding to the first washing of the feet, it was extra special that Josie was the one that washed Margaret's feet. The event was moving that after the ritual concluded the priest actually commented to the whole church on it. We have continued this tradition with Margaret every year since. It is a special and glorious night.

Tonight Josie just beemed as she sat up on the alter with Margaret once again by her side. We so blessed in so many ways by so many people.

I wish all of you the best as we enter the Passion and Resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Love, Jenny and Josie