Joy In The Midst of Struggles

Tonight in my grad school class we watched a video about a girl who has severe autism. one day she was introduced to a computer and she started typing how she felt. it was amazing the things she was writing and just how smart she really is. on the outside, however, majority of people would have thought that she was severely handicapped and dumb. this video made me realize two things: how parents can be such a motivator/life changer and how we often prejudge someone. It then made me reflect back on my life and my parents. if it were not for my parents i would not be where i am today. i would not be sitting in grad school pursuing a career in special education. they truly believed in me and knew i could do great things just like the parents of the autistic girl. i think i often times am not thankful enough for my parents. i tend to forget how much they had to fight for me and not listen to the negative people telling them i could not do something and how they would truly do anything to