She's All Grown Up Now!

This beautiful baby has finished grad school and is onto world domination! 

 

Last weekend, the Schafer/Rindler/Morris/Miller clans, godparents and grandparents celebrated the occasion with lunch at Cousino's in Toledo, two cakes, and a dozen oversized balloons that would neither behave in the car NOR in the 40-mile-per-hour Toledo winds! Worst. Idea. Ever.

Yes, sad but true, the Schafer Daughters are finally done with school. Between the three of us, we have 19 years of higher education under our belts. THANKS MOM AND DAD!

Kristin graduated from the University of Toledo with a Doctorate in Occupational Therapy. Some days I think I have patience, but Kristin really takes the cake in this arena:
Occupational therapists help children with autism make eye contact; they help grandmas with Parkinson's open jars of peanut butter; they teach stroke victims to use the bathroom independently; they teach babies with cleft lips how to nurse. Kristin is JUST PERFECT for this type of work. 

I remember one story: Kristin said she spent a whole week at a camp teaching a young boy with autism how to do "Thumbs Up!" like this: 

Step 1: Hands out

Step 2: Make a fist

Step 3: Thumbs Up! 

And he did it! Step by step, every time, just like she taught him! 

Thumbs up, Kiki! You are awesome and inspiring! Now, if you'd only try the Sapporo when I tell you its really good!