Wednesday 5th of August 2009

I woke up this morning ready to brace the day. Shortly after I woke up though I got a phone call that left me very upset and angry. I was still feeling this way when I was dropping my husband off at the train station and on my way to drop the kids off at daycare, so I vowed to take the dog for a walk when I got home before I went to work to see if I could lift my mood.
Well I never got to take the dog for a walk because my little girl was sick and needed to go to the Doctor. So I made an appointment for her thinking that it wasn't much and that I would be able to drop her off at daycare afterwards and then go on to work. Well the doctor had other plans! He told me that she had a virus and needed to be kept at home from kindy for the rest of the week, so consequently I had to go into work and tell them that I couldn't do my shift today and my shift tomorrow.
I love my Thursday shift as well for two reasons. One is because it starts at eight in the morning, which even though it is hectic in the morning getting everyone ready and out the door, I love working early. The second reason is because every Thursday there is a guy that comes in with his disabled sister around about lunchtime.
This is where I realise that there are some good people still in this world. Every Thursday he has off work, so he takes his sister Ten Pin Bowling then he brings her shopping. Even though I can't understand what she says, I always make a point of talking to her and facing her when I ask her how she did at bowling that morning, even though I have to get her brother to translate what she is trying to say to me.
It is little things like that which are important to me to be able to see and hear about because I know how I have been treated by people that are supposed to love you no matter what is wrong with you. I know what it is like to have someone that is embarrassed to have to be related to someone who is disabled, and know that if they had a choice they wouldn't have anything to do with you.