Today was my first day at Ronald McDonald House. Wow. The place is
practically falling apart, held together only by the tape, which,
incidentally, also holds up the children's drawings. Don't get me wrong,
it was very clean, just not enough funding for the kids and the buildings
upkeep, and the kids come first.
There were so many children there, each one of them needing special attention. But one girl just stood out. She was in a wheelchair, she only had one leg. But the second I walked in she wheeled up to me and stuck her hand out. She couldn't have been more than 5 or 6 years old. She said, "Hi, I'm Faye. Do you want me to show you around?" Just like that, perfect English and a big, bright smile on her face the whole time.
I, not being able to resist such an invitation, greedily agreed and introduced myself as she showed me to a big room. Little kids, sick and unlucky, all met my gaze. Some of them seemed scared. One beautiful, however bald, girl commented on how pretty my hair was.
And if you only could've been there, you'd know why I couldn't resist telling her she was twice as beautiful, with those big blue eyes!
I talked, I played, I wheeled and cleaned and sang. It was work, I'll admit. But I wouldn't change today for the world. When I left, little Faye smiled her smile, which, incidentally, lit up the whole room and said she was happy I would be there. She likes me the best because I don't treat her any different than any other, regular person.
I told her that was funny, because most of the time when I was around her kind of beauty, I was speechless.
And she smiled that smile that lights up the whole room.
But what she said keeps running through my mind.
"I like you bestest 'cause you don't treat me any different than normal people."
Let's learn from Faye, if we can. Let's try to treat everyone the same, because it doesn't have to be only our likenesses that make us friends. It can be just enjoying one another's company.
NewYorkBabe A/N- If anyone is trying to find some way to help other people, try volunteering. It absolutely will warm your heart to help those kids. And what's funny is all they want is a friend, someone to believe in them. And is that not what we all want? We, Christians, atheist, exc. Aren't all that different.
There were so many children there, each one of them needing special attention. But one girl just stood out. She was in a wheelchair, she only had one leg. But the second I walked in she wheeled up to me and stuck her hand out. She couldn't have been more than 5 or 6 years old. She said, "Hi, I'm Faye. Do you want me to show you around?" Just like that, perfect English and a big, bright smile on her face the whole time.
I, not being able to resist such an invitation, greedily agreed and introduced myself as she showed me to a big room. Little kids, sick and unlucky, all met my gaze. Some of them seemed scared. One beautiful, however bald, girl commented on how pretty my hair was.
And if you only could've been there, you'd know why I couldn't resist telling her she was twice as beautiful, with those big blue eyes!
I talked, I played, I wheeled and cleaned and sang. It was work, I'll admit. But I wouldn't change today for the world. When I left, little Faye smiled her smile, which, incidentally, lit up the whole room and said she was happy I would be there. She likes me the best because I don't treat her any different than any other, regular person.
I told her that was funny, because most of the time when I was around her kind of beauty, I was speechless.
And she smiled that smile that lights up the whole room.
But what she said keeps running through my mind.
"I like you bestest 'cause you don't treat me any different than normal people."
Let's learn from Faye, if we can. Let's try to treat everyone the same, because it doesn't have to be only our likenesses that make us friends. It can be just enjoying one another's company.
NewYorkBabe A/N- If anyone is trying to find some way to help other people, try volunteering. It absolutely will warm your heart to help those kids. And what's funny is all they want is a friend, someone to believe in them. And is that not what we all want? We, Christians, atheist, exc. Aren't all that different.