I have to put the word disability in quotation marks because its simply not an appropriate word in Brady’s case. Not in the basic definition of being unable in general, anyway. I will say I will never forget the bizarre feeling when we applied for Brady’s handicapped parking pass. It was mostly filled out for us by Brady’s therapists, and we were completely stoked to have built-in rockstar parking, haha! But as I scanned the form, I saw the box beside “permanent disability” had been checked. It felt like a punch in the gut. Permanent disability.
Sure, there is clearly a change in mobility. Obviously. It will likely follow Brady in some capacity for his entire life. Its impossible to know to what extent, and thats ok. It may slow us down in some ways, but it doesn’t hold Brady back.
As crappy things tend to happen, our dishwasher died about a week ago. And it didn’t just die, but it leaked BADLY overnight, destroying a chunk of flooring. Brady looked under it to see if maybe a hose had come loose or it was a simple fix. But alas, the pump was pooched, pouring water out. The floor was spongy. So that SUCKED. Misery loves company, I suppose, haha!
A day before the dishwasher died, someone came to our house with a gift bag filled with books, chocolate, and an envelope filled with cash 😳 It has floored me how often that has happened in the last few months. But God had a plan, as He does.
We did some calling and research over the next few days. Our appliances are black, and that is not as easy to find as basic stainless. There were some appliance sales going on, and everyone seemed to carry the same entry level crappy black dishwasher. We were thinking we’d just buy that one and call it good, but no one had stock. Then a large handful of people suggested Hague Hardware. So we called there.
And they had something for us! They had the bottom of the barrel one that was everywhere, but they also had one that was a bit more money on sale from waaaaay too much. They even had it in black. We did our research, decided on it, and purchased it! They even offered to take the old one and dispose of it for us! Woohooooo!
Sooooo first, we took the old flooring out. It was swollen and quite honestly, it was miserable to remove. But we got it!
Brady goes “Its a lot of floor work…”
With our new limitations that we are trying to be so careful with, removing the floor was one day. Installing new floor was another day. And the actual dishwasher installation was yet another day.
Installing flooring was a decent amount of work, I’d say. Working on his knees when he can’t feel them is a bit of a challenge, but he crushed it!
Today was installation of the dishwasher itself, and I am thrilled to say it was smooth and successful!
Aaaaaaand…
No leaks!!! ✅
To the people who gifted us money the other day – you know who you are – thank you. We appreciate your generosity and care for our family. We are consistently overwhelmed by the many ways we’re being loved. For that – for you – we praise the Lord.
Hey did you get the email I sent you? I realized I hadn’t written down the email address you gave me a long time ago and I suck at doing things when I should and leaving them for way too long so I sent it to the hailey@thedailyhailey.com address that I had in my contacts.
No pressure to return it I just wanted to know if you’d received it.
Sucky about your dishwasher but glad you got it replaced. Yay!
I’m so sorry, Deanne, I don’t have it! Would you please resend it?? To haileyjborn@gmail.com please. Don’t lose the J in there! I’d really love to be in touch!
Okay! Got it. Will send it to the right address. Thanks!