Dance the Night Away!

Since Raymond has started attending high school, he has had some amazing opportunities these past two years, and some of those experiences are very new to him. Please forgive me for playing a little “catch-up", but this past spring Raymond was able to attend his second Special Needs Prom that was hosted by his high school.  The Prom was for multiple Special Ed Classes and attended by students and their families, teachers, staff,  peer counselors (students that help in the class) and friends.  He got to dress up and dance the night away.  How does he dance?  Usually in his wheelchair which is not the easiest thing for him to do as you can see the desire in Raymond’s eyes to dance the way others are.  So with the support of his teacher and staff, she made sure his walker was in the cafeteria the night of the dance.  Raymond was able to tolerate being in his walker for about 1 hour this year and danced the night away!!!!  You can literally see his determined dance moves in the video below.  I have shared this video on Facebook the night of the dance, but we wanted to make sure this incredible night was recorded. He is growing so fast, we are not sure if he will be able to use his walker much longer and we have not found other options in equipment out there yet. But this night was truly an enchanted evening and we all had so much fun that night at the CHS Enchanted Garden SDD Prom. 

Thank you Lord for blessing Raymond with an amazing night of dancing!!!  Psalm 149:3 “Let them praise His name with dancing, making melody to Him with tambourine and lyre.”

 

Video of Raymond's cool dance moves while he is in his walker:

 

Pictures from that enchanted evening: