Pati

Pati is a wonderful girl from NPH. She is 22 so we're pretty close in age, although her mental age is much lower - I'd estimate about 7. She has a cognitive delay and epilepsy. I worked with her on speech and language issues.

But Pati has a great personality. She has a positive attitude and is almost always happy and giggling about something (she laughs even more easily than I do). She loves to dance so if there ever was music, she and I would dance together for awhile. Pati is also extremely helpful and caring for the other children. She lives in my section, the children with special needs. Pati is more high-functioning than most of the other kids in her section and always helps them walk, eat, etc. And plays with them! One girl, Odilia, loves to be tickled and Pati loves to do that.

Pati also loves to hide from me and then come out and scare me - or vice-versa. She is so much fun to play with. She and I became really close. And one of the best things about Pati is her hugs. She just holds on to you forever. I will never forget her.