I am a mom learning day by day what it means to live for Christ through the eyes of my daughter with Autism.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
when people care...too much
A girl that I have known for a few months was talking to me about Baileyanne the other day and asked me some questions that caught me totally off guard. In the back of my mind, I was thinking "Do I know you?????" We were talking about our old church and the fact that we had some close friends there that knew us pretty well and that we had shared some things with them that were very near and dear to us... well, she asked me what they were!! She then started asking me about Baileyanne and her diagnosis which I was fine with. I appreciate people asking me about our daughter and how she is doing, BUT she went on and asked me if I thought that when Baileyanne was older, were we going to have to care for her?? I thought well, I have the HOPE that we won't be taking care of her when she is 18 and off to college and we have the HOPE that someday she will get married, but NONE of that is guaranteed. tomorrow is not guaranteed. I was speechless. I have known this girl for what, 4 months now.... does she want to be my best friend?!? She kept telling me that if I ever needed anyone to talk to, I could call her. great, though I am not ready to open up like you may expect, I was thinking the entire time. It made me feel very awkward. I told her there are somedays I have hope that Baileyanne will grow out of many of her tendencies and that she will be able to take care of herself... There are days where I feel like I have no hope at all and that I can't even brush her teeth at night without a fight. How close is too close for someone that you have only known a few months? For some reason, this has been on my heart the last few days. Please pray for the opportunity to talk to her and the words to express my current emotional state... to be sensitive to her though also be willing to open my heart to a new possible friendship.
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