SM: What impact have you seen The Miracle Project have on the children?
Hall: The fact that they’re able to grow and evolve; that to me is so important. I have one little boy who came to me a year ago and wanted to be in the project but he just wasn’t ready. Noise really bothered him, and he couldn’t be around another group of kids, even one other child. So I worked with him privately for a year. He was ten years old, but his pretend play was on the level of a three-year-old. We did “Three Little Pigs” again and again, and then gradually three little pigs started to turn into Greek tragedies, and then I incorporated some history and then we started doing “time travel” and adding one child and then another child. Now, that same kid was able to do the project this year and had a lead role on stage.

SM: How has your life changed since founding The Miracle Project?
Hall: As a [result] of this program, I have two phenomenal communities of special parents where we can all laugh about the craziness of our kids, cry when we need to, and support each other. That’s been really amazing!