Legacy | A Publication of Lena Pope Legacy | Winter 2013 | страница 4
Stories of
Thankfulness
to really feeling like I had a support system. It’s not just a
school. It’s a family.”
When Jacob first walked through the doors of The Early
Learning Center a year ago, he was a biter. He has since
stopped biting, his vocabulary has improved, along
with his abilities to self-soothe, speak and reason. “He’s
A Mother’s Love
growing into a more well-rounded child,” said Rebecca.
“He’s so lucky.”
By Jana Kurrasch
A full scholarship allowed Rebecca to attend TCU to
Our family is extremely grateful for the support we
pursue a degree in Early Childhood Education. In May
receive from Ms. Shana at Family Matters Counseling.
2014, Rebecca will be a college graduate. She hopes to
Our story is one of hope and healing. We adopted
work at the Early Learning Center one day.
our daughter when she was 8 and she is now 12. After
She insists that part of the reason she works so hard
moving from foster home to foster home (11 times), she
is because of the support of the director of The Early
is now in her forever home. Her past was one of abuse,
Learning Center, Susanne Luebke. “I’m accomplishing
neglect, and poverty. Her wounds are deep and her
Mrs. Simon
scars are both physical and emotional.
raising of her young, very active nephew and a great
need to give back. Volunteering at the school as often as
As we move forward as a family, it is a day by day,
she can, Mrs. Simon has also attended parenting classes
minute by minute challenge. We face emotional,
at Chapel Hill Academy and benefited from Lena Pope
behavioral, and academic challenges with our
family counseling. With this extra help, both Mrs. Simon
daughter. We are thankful for the weekly support
thinking. She has years of experience and I consider
from our wonderful therapist, Shana, at Family
her an expert in her field. I trust what she tells me
is like a big family, and I know I can talk to them about
Matters. If I had to use three words to describe Shana
and take her advice to heart.
anything I need help with.“
knowledgeable. Shana is faithfully there for us. She is
Each week therapy ends, I say to Ms. Shana, “We are
so thankfu