Brooke, An Easter Story of Inspiration

A couple of nights ago, Linda and I ran into Brookes day care worker at the Mart. She told us just how impressed she is with Brookes progress. She told us that in the past, Brooke often played off by herself. Now Brooke loves playing with the other kids in day care. She has to watch that Brooke doesn't hurt anyone, because she is bigger than most of the kids and hasn't total learned how to play gentle.
In the past when she wanted Brooke to go somewhere, she would have to grab Brookes wrist and lead her. Brooke now responds to voice commands. If Brooke is bad and has to go to Time Out (which doesn't happen often), she tells Brooke "Time Out", and Brooke walks to the time out area. Brooke remains there until she tells her it's ok to come out. She said that Brooke is also completely potty trained at day care.
The day care worker said that her Mother has seen Brooke off and on since she was in day care. She said that her Mother had literally cried the last time she saw Brooke, because she was so amazed at how much Brooke had changed.
The final story she told us was about her husband. He is a big man and has seen Brooke on occasion, but he is usually at work. She said the other morning, there was an empty chair next to Brooke at the table. Brooke would look at her husband, then pat on the chair next to her. After a couple of times, the day care worker told her husband that Brooke wants you to sit next to her. When he did sit next to her, Brooke kept patting him on the hand. He told his wife he had to get up and leave before he started to cry.
The little girl that has lived in her own private world for so long, is slowly by surely coming back to us.