what others think
by JVS on Apr.25, 2010, under 2010
This morning a friend glowingly spoke of how wonderful it was to have people stop them in the supermarket to see their newborn daughter. His paternal passion was beautiful. As he shared, I remembered how awkward it was for me when Edward was a baby. Understand that I didn’t know then what I know now, the part about how great Down syndrome is. So when someone walked up to our baby carriage and peeked in and then pulled back, having noticed that Edward was different, I wasn’t sure what to do. Because I hadn’t worked things out personally, I didn’t know how to handle the situation. Should I explain Edward’s circumstance to them? Or just smile? Often I just looked uncomfortable.
But not this afternoon. After doing 12 laps at the pool with Eddy we robustly sang from Disney’s Enchanted soundtrack with the car windows wide open all the way home.
April 28th, 2010 on 7:01 pm
This makes me smile. How wonderful it is to have someone like Edward to remind us how fun it is to sing along to Disney songs. I hope I NEVER stop doing that.