Dear mom,
You brought your disabled daughter to a public tea party. I wanted to say thanks for bringing her and showing my kids it's ok to be different. I wanted to say it's ok that she is a little unruly, I get it. I wanted to say, my kids have thrown even bigger tantrums in public. I wanted to say she is beautiful. I wanted to say that I work with children in similar circumstances and it is awesome that you are letting her experience this, even though it's a lot of work. I wanted to say I have had to leave places because my child couldn't take the crowd too. I wanted to.
But I didn't.
I had a chance to possibly make you feel a little bit better, you were obviously worn down. And I didn't.
I don't know why either.
Maybe I will have the strength to next time.
I loved this. I have had so many similar experiences where I wanted to say something and to this day I still regret not saying anything at all.
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