09/01/2026
Message from Maya's Mom Cia
Its been quite a while since an update.
There is alot, and at the same time, not much to say.
Set backs and victories.
The eb and flows of life.
Her level of awareness is incredible and devastating at the same time.
She still lives in a hospital, she cries because she wants to go home.
Soon baby, soon.
A half of a year has passed.
It feels like forever.
But it feels like yesterday.
Everyday I grapple with the hollowness of absence in life.
The things she could do, but probably wont.
The person she was, and likely wont be.
I see fragments of her blossoming into a version of her former self.
An eyeroll. A sarcastic response.
We heckle each other in a way that feels like everything is just as it was.
I see you baby.
I see you.
Not a day has passed that I havent cried.
Alot of the times its sadness, however, lately it has been pride and familiarity.
Tears of awe as I watch her crawl out of the rubble that her mind lives in.
One step at a time.
She shows me, more and more what miracles look like.
I cannot remember the last time I cried so hard, and laughed insanely, simultaneously.
I begged for this.
I longed for this.
She says... Mom.
I prayed for this day, every day for months.
Thank you
My baby girl..
Thank you for being incredible..
Gratefully,
- YOUR Mom