The thing that I love most about working with individuals who have disabilities is that, at large, they have a very sweet innocence about them. What brought this to my mind this week, as I've had the lovely pleasure of walking around with a bandaid on my face...is that it is awkward for some people. Many adults kind of treat it awkwardly, and don't really ask what happened, as though it would bother me to know that they noticed or something. Hello, I'm fully aware that it's rather obvious y'all!
Today I walked back into the student lounge to hand out some letters, and one of the students turned around and said, "What happened to your face Robyn???" :) Maybe not how I would have worded it...but it made me smile. They're honest. So very honest. Sometimes it gets them into a lot of trouble, but sometimes, I have so very much to learn from them. I get so caught up making sure I don't say the wrong thing, or making an extra effort to say just the right thing, even if it's not how I really feel. I love that innocent honesty!
Just my thoughts this day.
The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17
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