lronitulstahp
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ORIGINAL: PanthersMom i love it when my 17 yr old mentally challenged son comes to me and is all excited about his special olympics bowling event today, telling me about all his friends who will be there. i love it that while i'm one of the few people who can understand him, i CAN understand him. PM PM...i am fortunate enough to work with the wonderful population of developmentally disabled adults. i have this poem hanging in my office. Let me share it with you, and all the others here who are blessed to know, live with, or work with special needs people: Blessed are you... who take time to listen to difficult speech for you help me to know that if I persevere I can be understood. Blessed are you... who never bid me to "hurry up" or take my tasks and do them for me for often, I need time rather than help Blessed are you... who stand beside me as I enter new and untried ventures for my failures will be outweighed by the times I surprise myself and you. Blessed are you... who ask for my help for my greatest need is to be needed Blessed are you... who understand that, sometimes, it is difficult for me to put my thoughts into words Blessed are you... who with a smile encourage me to try once more Blessed are you... who never remind me that today I asked the same question twice Blessed are you... who RESPECT ME and LOVE ME "JUST AS I AM", and not as you wish I were.
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Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for." -Bob Marley
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