In January 2026, we sold our house.
It wasn't a dramatic decision — it was the only one that made sense. Jackie's recovery is real, it's happening, and the therapies that are moving the needle aren't all in one place. They're in Ohio and Michigan and Alabama and places we haven't been yet. So we packed what mattered, let go of the rest, and decided that this year belongs to Jackie's healing.
We're calling it the Year of Recovery. Every month, a new destination. Every destination, a specific therapy — chosen because someone on Jackie's care team believed it could help, or because we found it ourselves in the middle of a 2am research spiral. Some have exceeded our expectations. Some haven't. We're sharing all of it honestly.
Below is every stop on the journey — where we went, what we tried, and what we found. When a full post is ready, you can read the whole story. When it's not, it just means we're still living it.
NeuroAnimation uses rhythm and movement to help the brain relearn motor patterns. Jackie worked with their team for the first time in January — the same therapy she'd return to in April after seeing what it was capable of.
Full post comingSome months, the therapy is simply stopping. After months of intensive work, the team made the call to rest. Jackie and Austin spent February in Alabama, slowing down and letting her nervous system recover. It was harder than it sounds.
Full post comingThe University of Michigan's speech therapy program is one of the most respected in the country for aphasia recovery. In March, Jackie worked with their specialists on the communication breakthroughs that have been hardest to reach.
Full post comingBack to NeuroAnimation. The progress from January made a return the obvious choice. April was about building on what the first session started — pushing further into what the brain can relearn when you give it the right inputs.
Full post comingThe next stop is being planned. Follow along on Instagram for real-time updates as we figure out where this road takes us next.
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