Different Ability

Last Monday sense I didn't have school, I went to the School at our church and volunteered for the day. I have done this on everyday I have had off for basically my whole life. I cant help myself- I have to stay busy, and I love these kids. I always help in the kidergarten- its my favorite age. So recess time comes around, and its going to be an "IN DAY". So Mrs. S comes into the kindergarten room with Katie and McLane, the "special needs" kids. They both have Autism. For some reason I am drawn to McLane. Not like physically ( gross hes like 4!) So he wants to play Candy Land so I got it out of the cupboard so we could play. Of course we played his version which consisted of saying the colors, picking out your own card ( face up) and going straight to the Candy Kings Castle. You could tell he had Autism, by the way he interacted with the other kids, swayed back and forth, and didn't like to make very much eye contact. He was a way cool kid, and I loved every second of playing with him. Arlene asked me while we were playing " isn't that what you want to do when you get older, be a Disabled Special Ed. Teacher". I said " Maybe one day, I Would love to work with Different Abled children" Then Mrs. S went into the speil of how much patience it takes blah blah blah, to work with Disabled kids.

I hate that term "Disabled" I always say ( or try to say) Different Abled. Because they aren't Disabled- sure compared to me and you, yes they may look "disabled". But I have noticed that "disabled" people are the most abled.

For those who are blind, they cant see the clothes you wear, they cant judge by clothes. Black and white are just words to them. They cant judge by skin color. I saw this boy on Oprah, who was born with no eyes, and he was remarkable- he stated the things above. He even said " Oprah, I am in no means disabled. In fact I am the most abled, I may not see the clothes you wear, the color of your skin, I will never know what moon light is. But I get to see what most people cannot. I see the love people have. And that's more to me that sight. In fact, I feel bad for those with sight, so don't feel sorry for thost that are different, its you that you need to feel sorry for."

It couldn't be said any better. So from now on, if people ask me if I want to work with Disabled kids, the answer is no- I want to work with Different Abled kids. For those are the people that have taught me the most about love, those who are the best seeing it.

My top 7 life-long Goals

(In no particular order)

1. Go on an LST mission trip to Africa for the summer.

2. Build an orphanage/School in Darfur Region.

3. Set up a college foundation for children in Africa.

4.Set up a foundation to help support Children with life threatening diseases financially.

5. Adopt a baby girl from Vietnam/China

6. Become a foster Parent.

7. Make a difference in the world- hopefully I'm well on my way. But who knows

Merry Christmas Happy New Year! And all that Jazz

Hey yall, sorry its been awhile- things were a little crazy these past few weeks.

For starters Christmas went well. Although I got my Christmas present from Santa and myself last week. ( "Wii" just couldn't get our hands on one!) If that didn't make sense to you, I got a Wii for Christmas. But don't worry I paid for more than half if it :)

My grandparents from Texas came to visit. And because of the snow storm they were stuck here for an extra 4 days. Now I love my grandparents very much, but there comes a time when you need your space back.They got there a day before I went on break, and they left the day I went back to school. So I got no down time to myself, but that's the way the ball rolls I guess.

For News years my church had a Lock in for the teens. That's when you stayed up ALL NIGHT and you never go to sleep. Yeah fun. We played so many games it wasn't even funny here are some just to name a few- Have you NEVER, have you EVER, take a hike, chair spaces, If you, Experience, Mafia, Hide and go seek, murder in the dark, DDR, Apples to Apples, Headline, and a bunch of Umpromtu theater games.

I invited my friend Ashley. She was also the one I took to camp with me. So she was used to many of the people there. Speaking of Ashley- she has missed a lot of school. She missed half of the year last year due to a very extremely bad case of Mono. She was getting better but she has missed half of the year so far, and the doctors just don't know what's wrong with her. But they finally diagnosed my good friend with Fibromayalgia. Pain of the muscles and Bones. I love my dear friend, and it makes me sad not to get to see her as often as I want to. I share a locker with her and its sad not to get to see her every class period like everybody else and their buddies. I just hope and pray she doesn't have much pain. Its hard to see someone you love and care about so much have pain that makes them not be able to get out of bed. It breaks my heart.