-Mother & Child project
-One Woman's quest
-Beautiful Girlhood
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-One Child's Journey out of Autism
-Keeping Secrets (an amish novel)
-Migrant Girl
I've liked reading this month. It was a little easier finding books that were good, most of these Ashley had already read, so I knew they were decent. "Beautiful Girlhood" was a good read, very simple but truthful. And "Migrant Girl' was also very simple, so I liked it!
I've been learning a lot about Special Needs. I learned so much reading the book about Autism, how to calm children (with Autism) down, certain things that affect them, diets, mercury, etc. I have also been learning a lot about Downs Syndrome. How their extra chromosome makes it more difficult to talk, and even move muscles. They seem to be such happy people though, they always seem to make me smile just being around them. <3
Which brings me to, what happened on vacation.
Our very last night there, me and my brothers were up swimming in the pool. It was very close to our condo, so we were really happy! A little Downs Syndrome girl comes and gets in the water, and immediately comes over to me. The Mom kept apologizing, but I told her that it's completely fine, since I'm basically a child magnet! I played with her for a little while, she repeated everything I did, which was cracking us up!! She had the cutest smile. She was 8, and loved the water. We were buddies! Her parents kept thanking me over and over, and even said that I needed to be a Special Needs teacher!! Which, I've also been thinking about, and learning about.
It was just really amazing, having an opportunity to show love like that. And then the story goes on...
As we were packing up the next day, they were also packing up! In fact, our vehicles were right by each other, so we got to talk quite a bit! We are hoping to be able to get to know them better.
It was just a really amazing thing, making new friends and being able to show love to someone. They were so sweet! I hope we'll be able to see them sometime, I think about them a lot. <33
Have you ever interacted with someone Special Needs?
I'll probably do more posts about Special Needs. What did you think of this post?
Any opportunities to show love lately?
<3 <3
