The best thing a Mom could hear...

Recently one of our friends learned that their little boy had CP.  I know being a Mom, you want your child to be healthy and "normal".  I read on her blog that she didn't take him to a party because she was afraid he couldn't keep up or someone might ask questions.  You never want your child to feel different and you always want them to be happy, but I was not going to let her keep him away from Charlotte's party.  I texted her and told her that he better be there and if I had to, I would run him up and down the slides....anyone who knows me knows I would have done just that!  LOL : ) 

My Mom always taught me to not see what was on the outside, but the inside.  So many people can be beautiful on the outside and they turn ugly because they are...well, just plain old mean.  I don't say hate often, but I do hate mean people.  I figure we are all trying to survive life and why put people down and be mean... I don't get it at all.  If people were nicer to each other and thought what it might be like living in their shoes, I truly think the world would be a better place.  Most people do not know my whole life story.  If you heard everything, you would think you were reading a book or watching a movie because some of it is so unbelievable.  The way I got through most of it was with people being nice.  People taking time out to see how things were or just a stranger smiling.  Mom taught us not to see color or disabilities...just to see the person and if someone needed help to help...not sit there waiting for someone else to do it or saying it wasn't your responsibility...just do it!  We had a friend who had only one arm.  Half of the time I never noticed lol.  She would ask me to hold something and I would automatically say, "put it in your other hand."  I can honestly say when it comes to differences, I am completely blind to it.   

This is why I probably won't ever be a millionaire.  When I hear they need extra blankets at the hope center I rush down to Homegoods and buy out their clearance section.  That is just who I am.  My Mom used to work as a nurse doing home health visits.  She wouldn't just go in there and do her "job", she would help them pick up, cook them breakfast or lunch...really do anything they needed.  She taught us to be kind, compassionate and have empathy for people.  Everyone has problems.  Even the richest people have problems, but they are just different problems.  Just think how lonely life might be if you were the richest person in the world.  You would never know if people really like you or wanted to be around you or if it was just your money...even your with your family, you might not be able to tell.  I just think if everyone would be kind and compassionate towards each other, it would be a better world.     

I hoped that my daughter would take on this trait also.  So, the other day when I read my friends blog about how at Charlotte's party she took her son's hand and told him that he could be her prince (they all were playing princess) it brought tears to my eyes.  To be honest, I didn't see him limp or not being able to keep up with the other kids.  I just saw him playing with the other kids, laughing, and excited that he got a ball out of the machine.  I just saw Cooper... loving, excited, full of energy and a ball of joy....and that is all Charlotte sees.  To hear this was probably one of the best moments of my life.  To know that my Mom passed this gift to me and now it has been passed to Charlotte really truly makes me extremely happy and proud.  Charlotte has always been a special child.  She used to come with me to my Mom's treatments and would hug the patients.  When Mom was in hospice she would visit the other rooms and it was like she knew that the people were sad.  She would hold their hands or stroke their arms, but I wondered if this would stay with her.  Now I know that it has and I have to say I am the most proud Mom in the world today : )