The Military Hospital!

Where Austin Smiles worked miracles!


The outside with our bus!

The hall where the parents waited...until we moved them to a cooler area (Melissa's big idea!)


The recovery area! Complete with Dr. Oveja!


The view outside the recovery area.


Oh, the stairs...we went up and down these stairs at least 20 times a day! Oh, yeah! I was super tired the whole time we were there...


Our awesome bus!


Complete with a great staff...


And sing-a-longs...


A great driver!


And military escorts!


Several of them!


Okay, lots of them! Don't let the machine guns scare you- they were super helpful and nice to us!

The best part of today...

...was seeing a previous preschool-age client, who called out my name, ran to me, and jumped into my arms. So cute! Oh yeah- that's why I'm suffering through grad school! For little moments like that...

And remember how earlier this week I had a school-age kiddo come into therapy sobbing and left with a smile on his face and feeling super proud of the English muffin pizza he made? Yeah, pizza making is a therapy technique :o) It really made my day that speech therapy was his safe place where he could calm down and leave feeling more confident about himself and his world. Can I kiddo get all that from making pizza? Why yes, yes he can. And that's why speech-language pathology rocks! Just saying...

And sometimes I need a little reminder to get me to the end of this semester.

El Salvador- the views!

So, my trip to El Salvador was AMAZING! I really miss it still, and hope to return to Central or South America soon!


The view outside of the airport- hot and muggy but SO pretty!


The view outside our hotel room! Why yes, that is a volcano! The last time it erupted was in 1910 or so... I think we were pretty safe...


Some gorgeous vegetation at some ruins we went to see on our day off!