Thursday, October 3, 2013

Dis-Ability

So, the Webster definition of the prefix dis- is.....opposite or absence of.  They say children with Down syndrome have a dis---ability, which by definition means they automatically have an absence of ability! What?!
If you're reading this I'm sure you know my son has Down syndrome. Let me tell you some of his Abilities:
Zech has the ability to see, smell, hear, taste, and FEEL. He can walk, talk, run, jump, and DANCE. He can eat and drink.  He can read, write, do math, he can LEARN.  
Zech has the Ability to make a hundred people smile in a day, he can Love like no one I have ever met! He can melt the heart of strangers with just a simple passing by. 
Zech has the ability to HELP people, by bagging their groceries or patting their crying child on the back and saying "awe...what's wrong baby?" Or a hundred other little things he does.
Zech has the Ability to LAUGH and to cry.
He has the ability to be happy, mad, frustrated and sad. He has the Ability to know when adults or kids don't want to be around him because they don't take the time to Listen and try to understand what he's saying. 
He has the Ability to know when he's being ignored or left out of activities other kids are doing.
Most importantly though, Zech has the Ability to FORGIVE, to brush it off as ignorance, to be TRUELY Happy with who HE is!!