When you look at your child and think how amazing they are and what obstacles they have overcome and you want to be around them, it is the greatest feeling in the world. I am a mother of 5 girls, it is not always easy, but the rewards are so great. I would not change it for anything. I never would have guessed her to have the ability, but once all the distractions were removed, she was able to think more clearly and become who she is today. I hate when I hear people talk about these kids like they are throw away society.
People think the damage is done, there is no reverse.
Not everyone fits into the common mold of society, and that is a good thing. When I visited a Storytellers Board recently, I realized that the group of talented tellers who frequent the site were veterans in their field. Old-timers, mostly, who have not only told and retold stories as a way of life, but have spent many hours contemplating and discussing the psychology of these stories and their effect on people's lives. As a novice to storytelling as an art and livelihood, my experience in recent months with a storyteller friend has challenged me to listen closer and look deeper into the narrative world. On this journey, I have discovered that much of that truth and healing lies directly in front of me, playing out in the stories of others, whether written or alive in their world.