Living with Half a Body

I'm watching this show on TLC called "Living with Half a Body" which is inspiring. I think I've seen this show 3 times now and it has yet to get old. Rose has "Congenital Spinal Condition" which means she has no legs. Though having no legs has not stopped her from living a normal life. Rose has a husband and a son, she works on and builds cars and then drives them. I dig this chick because shes a tomboy who was not willing to let her shortcomings get the best of her, she's intelligent and always looking on the positive side. Hows that for the human spirit!

Rose is not the reason i decided to write this post, she's part of it. Her son Luke is in Elementary School and playing t-ball so he's old enough to know that his mom is different than other moms. He gets picked on at school because of his moms disability. Rose, being the intelligent women she is decides that after a T-ball game she is going to have a little chat with her son's team and help them understand why she is different in appearance but the same in mind. Rose goes onto explain her disease and how her legs were amputated. Knowing the kids don't know what amputated means she explains which then sparks questions from the children. They were instantly intrigued and wanted to understand, in the end you could tell that they got over the fact that she didn't have any legs.

This is what i love about children. If they don't understand something they will criticize it but as soon as you explain it to them they welcome the information in and form a positive opinion. They are sponges just waiting to soak up information so they can properly form morals, and persona. They get over the fear and uncertainty as quick as a flash...that makes me smile.

If only adults could have this openness like children do. If only adults could accept the fact that people are who they are because that is how they were made, there was never a choice given, they just are. Hate and ignorance is a choice made by parents who teach their children their fucked up views. I feel sorry for these children because they were never given the choice to be who they were made to be, and that my friends is the saddest thing that could ever happen to a child.