Among the Chaos
As I sat in a chair watching Rhyse play in the Family Library at Children's DeVos Hospital I couldn't help but stare at the mayhem the Thomas the Train track set had become since our last visit a few days prior. It is our custom to arrive at the hospital a half hour early to make a mad dash to the Meheny Terrace Bistro for a cup of decaf coffee with vanilla syrup and cream, and then to the Family Library for play time. At our last visit, only a few days earlier, the table was all set up and a boy the same age as Rhyse was already racing Percy around the tracks. As the two boys jockeyed for position around the various structures they quickly figured out a sharing system that allowed them both to play with the same train. Of course most of the trains had long since disappeared, leaving only Mr. Percy. So on this day, with a scattered, broken up mess, Rhyse had no idea what to do with it. He walked around and around the table eagerly trying to find two connected pieces to pu