Starting the beginning of 2011, I began a marble countdown. Each marble represented one LID day between the date they had referred through until our date of 9/12/06. It was a nice visual to see the marble jar decrease, a sign that while it was moving slowly, we were indeed getting closer. Some months were fun, removing as many as 14 marbles one month, but most were less impressive, 4-6 at a time. But this past referral batch we went from 8 marbles to one, representing one LID left, our own.
8 marbles in the jar representing the 9/4/06 batch in April
Zane holding our one last marble
ONE left, 9/12/06 is the last marble!