Confidence Grows
As the family worked together more and more, they began to change. “We gained muscle. We gained confidence. We learned how to laugh. We learned how to communicate.” Cara Brookins added that once the foundation was done, the family communicated almost telepathically. Now that’s impressive! “Someone could hold their hands up and basically grunt and get the tool they wanted,” she said.
Confidence Grows
Good Ones
In her book, she writes of her son’s ability to always play the write song as they build their home. “He [Drew] had zoned out on me after the first few items on the to-do list, but I had needed dozens of work images to fill my head so there was no room for anything else. Seconds later, he flipped over a milk crate for the old radio and put on Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song.” Jack Johnson followed with some banana pancakes, and that yielded to techno, which demanded robotic dubstep moves from Drew. Bit by bit, we were filling our souls with good things. Replacing the bad memories with good ones.”
Good Ones
