Crying on the Inside...

You know when you are scrolling through your facebook, and you are checking out everything from what people are eating for breakfast to what they think of the government? Well in between those posts was a shared blog post. And I decided to read it...

http://lilasmiraclelife.blogspot.com/2013/05/today-i-cried.html

And it made me cry.

It made me cry because I feel her emotion. I know EXACTLY what she is talking about, exactly how she feels.

I have been on this earth fighting for Dakota for almost 8 years! Battling with ignorance.

Here was my facebook post when I shared:

Oh man! This is tear jerking - comes from that place within myself that I could never utter out loud. Yes I appear strong on the outside, but I am a crying mother on the inside. The ignorance we are teaching our children HAS TO STOP! Come on people - you want us to accept gays, you want us to accept black and white marriages, you want us to accept women voting, you want us to accept a black president - well we have... Why cant we accept these beautiful children - WHO HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG! Who just sit there and love you! Who just want you to say hi to them when they say hi to you! Who just want to randomly pick you out of a crowd and want a hug? Why? Why is that so damn hard for some people? I just dont get it! And I dont think I EVER will. It just makes no sense. They are not a joke. They are human beings. They have feelings! They dont want you to laugh at them, or make a funny meme on facebook. They just want to be accepted. Are you one of those people? Its not too late to get educated. Let me HELP you! Let DAKOTA help you! I guarantee you will be a changed person after you meet him, or any other child with a disability... 
Steps down off her soap box...
Bows...
Thank you...
Dakota thanks you...

When will it end? It has to end with us parents. Our children learn from us. WE NEED to teach them that different is okay. We cant leave it to them to figure out. We have to... teach... them...

A lot of people think its up to us special needs parents to educate. But its not. Dont you think we deal with enough? Do you even realize how much we go through in a single day? Its NOT OUR JOB to teach your children how to love. Its yours.

Now dont get me wrong, I love educating people on the topic of Down syndrome. I love shouting it from the roof tops. But I get tired too. I get sad. I get depressed. But I get back up and keep teaching my children that its okay and people are going to stare and laugh. But I shouldnt have to teach my children that.

It just breaks my heart that we are living in 2013, and everyone is fighting for rights and achieving it. And then there is our kids. Still being treated like crap. Because they are being raised to think its ok.  Its not. And you need to know that.


Ok well I really dont know how to end this post, Ha!

So I am just going to say...

Please be the one to stop the ignorance TODAY! Make a simple change. Help me change the world.

Love and Blessings,