or arbitrary. Both of these terms mean Random. And that is where we are heading…in a random path with no general path or direction. For example, I would think that Moore, OK has the highest home/building insurance of anywhere in the US. It has become an annual news event as to what kind of tornasty or other bad storm is headed for Moore. Luckily, this time it was just flooding. But dang, I feel for those people.
Duke and I purchased a Stihl cultivator for his gardening project. I taught him how to mix oil & gas for a 2 stroke engine. He ran it. Like every Stihl product, it works great. Then, I decided to use it. I managed to reach out and grab a really good garden hose and cut it 2/3 of the way through. Basically, I am retarded as I knew that I was getting too close. If that is the dumbest thing that I do this week, then it was a good week.
About 3 or 4 times a month, I get to the ag building about 15 minutes later than usual. This means that I stop and watch a deal that I just don’t know much about. None-the-less, I sit and watch this deal. There is a brother and sister that lives somewhere west of the school. The brother is in Duke’s class. The sister is a year or two older. I don’t know the family, even though it is Shattuck. Although the sister is older, she has some (for lack of better terminology) issues. The brother is small for his age and isn’t an honor student. But those facts are trivial.
Beings how (I know, I use some bad English) this blog is well-known to be NOT politically correct, we will stay true to form. This young lady’s classroom is the special needs building east of the high school. They call it the Co-Op building as all of the county schools send students here for class. They have some exceptional teachers in this facility. It is a good deal. I won’t use the term retardation because I know a bunch of people that I look up to that are retarded. I can prove that I am retarded. I don’t know the situation or the mental capabilities of either student. Don’t care. By watching these siblings, I am real sure that they are better people than myself. I watch because these two kids force me to judge myself every time I see them. You see; every school day, the brother holds his older sister’s hand as he walks her to her classroom. They walk past the Ag Building into the middle school, down the hall into the high school, out the south side then past the nicest gym in Oklahoma (Shattuck has nice facilities) and then over to the Co-Op building. The brother then comes back to his classroom and immediately starts acting like a typical 8th grade boy–yep, retarded. And then, when school is out, he goes and gets his sister and walks her home–all while holding hands. It will make a donkey-hole like myself, swallow hard and realize that there are good things around us. Part of me wants to talk to these kids. The rest of me wants to leave it alone. Why? I am a firm believer in GOD and the mysterious ways in which HE works. I am barely smart enough to realize that I can’t make it better. Don’t mess with perfection. And yes, I’ve asked others if help was needed. I will respect the fact not everybody needs help.
Every time that I watch these two humans interact, I have to wonder what would I have done if my brothers would have needed me to hold their hand. Heck, my parents told me not to touch the soft spot on Jake’s head when he was little. I was 5 years older than that meathead. You tell me to be careful and I’m going to thump him right in the soft spot. I feel guilty now as I am pretty sure that Jake has some issues caused by me thumping that soft spot when he was little. Likewise, I am real sure that he passed it right on down to Daniel. I even think that Jake thumped Big D harder. It would explain a lot. I digress. How different would my life have been if my kids….
I’ve got some killer great stories regarding kids and parents that had to deal with some issues. But they didn’t make excuses. They just made it work.
All of us have great things going on around us, but we get blinded by our heads being inserted in our donkey’s. Sometimes, a person just needs to stop, watch and realize that there are greater powers. And by all means, help whenever it is needed and wanted. Have a great day and a better tomorrow.
