tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30468582.post5764958765438777236..comments2024-01-27T06:40:25.550-05:00Comments on Green Tea Ginger: A Whole Girl In a Broken WorldAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934296564253625199noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30468582.post-22274835969007809642013-05-21T14:17:38.069-04:002013-05-21T14:17:38.069-04:00Lara,
I do therapies as well and I think a lot is...Lara, <br />I do therapies as well and I think a lot is intention behind them. I want Jude to not be in pain, to have options, etc. And perhaps some is how much as well. I don't want to do therapy all the time. I want to play with her, have her do things with us, etc. What I'm talking about mostly is that I want to use my energy not to "cure" her Ds but to make the world more accepting. I suspect that for too many people the goal is to make one's kid as normal as possible with little thought to how incredibly messed up society actually is.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09934296564253625199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30468582.post-1805000650327978072013-05-21T11:25:44.574-04:002013-05-21T11:25:44.574-04:00Beautiful words. I think it's interesting you...Beautiful words. I think it's interesting you speak of not trying to make Jude "act normal" -- sometimes I feel a little guilty when I push for therapies for Jonathan, because while I want to give him the best shot in life to be as active and verbal as he can be, I also don't want to feel like I need to "change" him or make him "better" than he already is. I worry for what he'll face in the midst of mean, hateful people. I want to shield him from that as much as I can. But how possible is that, really? I guess raising our kids to be kind and accepting and loving to people of all sorts, all colors, all abilities, all economic backgrounds, etc. is a good start.Lara Cetrulo Thomas (juliebugsmama)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30468582.post-34761825165979307002013-05-07T14:32:25.244-04:002013-05-07T14:32:25.244-04:00I really enjoyed reading about your thinking and h...I really enjoyed reading about your thinking and how it's evolved. It was cool to hear about your friendship with Pat. I hope to hear more about Jude!BLOOM - Parenting Kids With Disabilitieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901482901008135659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30468582.post-58483187509040602322013-05-07T02:06:16.752-04:002013-05-07T02:06:16.752-04:00Not bad, broken or wrong, just an Individual. And ...Not bad, broken or wrong, just an Individual. And an adorable one rapt that! Wordshurtorhealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12039330463065872512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30468582.post-84921693036408877522013-05-06T22:55:46.406-04:002013-05-06T22:55:46.406-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Horaciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06619853094851390837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30468582.post-45865122726731578142013-05-05T13:05:26.309-04:002013-05-05T13:05:26.309-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Horaciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06619853094851390837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30468582.post-21605461126592440862013-05-05T12:17:47.205-04:002013-05-05T12:17:47.205-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09934296564253625199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30468582.post-16204986814104520662013-05-04T13:51:41.826-04:002013-05-04T13:51:41.826-04:00And for everyone, this is very much a work in prog...And for everyone, this is very much a work in progress. Respect is an interesting work. H and I were talking about how people MLK, and Malcolm X were demanding respect along with equality. It's not about even the idea of "earning" respect. It seems in that case to be about the simple acceptance of someone's right to be who they are. <br /><br />And I am thinking about love TUC right now because I think you're words are making me go in a new direction. Perhaps if we think of love on a much grander scale, it is about respect but I think that is a harder love to hold onto...I know not clear but hopefully that will come.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09934296564253625199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30468582.post-87994485427409060122013-05-04T12:09:42.396-04:002013-05-04T12:09:42.396-04:00Down Wit Dat: You're right to challenge my wor...Down Wit Dat: You're right to challenge my words "whole" and "perfect." I need to work on what I'm trying to say there. I think that perhaps it our difference that does makes us whole if that makes sense...or maybe the ways that we are all broken shape the way that we are whole? I don't know but I'll get around to it:P<br /><br />TUC: I think for me that love/caring does not always equal respect..it can involve for example pity. It seems to me that the desire to fix someone does involve an element of pity, sometimes even a touch of scorn. What comes to my mind is the movie "Black Robe." It's about a Jesuit missionary who is trying to convert Natives in Northern Canada....the whole movie hinges on this idea that he loves them but he has to convert them, fix them...and because he sees them as incredibly broken his love is not mixed with respect. Does that make sense? <br /><br />Jisun: Just what we talked about.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09934296564253625199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30468582.post-77110722352084591852013-05-04T06:11:13.268-04:002013-05-04T06:11:13.268-04:00Jude is very beautiful.
She is not broken, as th...Jude is very beautiful. <br />She is not broken, as that would assume that there is a "perfect" or "whole" state of being. There is not. <br />We all have differences and it is in these differences that we discover what it is to be human.Psychojenichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936930614210195529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30468582.post-62611840301348384602013-05-04T03:03:06.150-04:002013-05-04T03:03:06.150-04:00Ah, now I see what you were talking about. We are...Ah, now I see what you were talking about. We are all broken and all perfect, right? Beautiful words, beautiful Jude. jisunhttp://www.kimchilatkes.comnoreply@blogger.com