Kiya, that sound really nice. Especially where you were able to give her the card and not run out the door. I would have had trouble remaining there while she opened it. When I gave my T a Christmas card I handed it to her, said Merry Christmas and left. The other thank you card I mailed. These I guess are adult versions of the drop and run. Actually, maybe not. To me both of these communications were intended to be for her personally (small gifts), not some therapeutic exercise to be recorded in my medical chart. I hope if I ever feel the need to request my chart I won't find these items in there.

I'm glad you have the armadillo to play with. During my last session, things were so difficult I focused and played with bottle of water that I had brought with me. A fuzzy stuffed animal would have been a lot nicer