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I’m always glad when I read Facebook posts and such about kids with disabilities who are very much loved, accepted and cared for. Such stories often remind me that it wasn’t always this way, and then I remember Georgie…..

In 1975, (the morning after my 16^th birthday) somewhere in amongst the institution’s relocation to its new building, plus an additional 30 or so kids, appeared Georgie.

From what seemed like the first second of any awareness of him, wherever Georgie was, trouble always accompanied him. They were inseparable. You never got one without the other, no matter how hard you tried.
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This photo is of a wheelchair accessible Ferris Wheel in Atlanta Georgia USA. From its top you can breathe in this beautiful city. (What an incredible birthday treat on May 30, 2015.)

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A few days ago I went to a friend’s birthday celebration dinner. I love my friend and her partner and I’d do anything I could for either of them. So dinner at Swiss Chalet – sure! Of course I’d go if I could get one of my attendants to accompany me.

I’d say there was about 20+ in attendance, so the row of joined tables became quite long. In sitting and observing for a moment, I heard a woman at the opposite end of the row ask: “Is Lent over yet? I want a coffee so bad! I gave up coffee for Lent and I want one so bad! When’s Lent over anyway?”

There are moments where I can become simultaneously grateful for and frustrated with my speech impediment, joined with the fact that my voice often extends only about three feet, then takes a ninety degree nose drive into the floor. Trust me, with my Gemini characteristics of split second thought and instant response, my speech impediment has often saved others from my politically incorrect comebacks. In this case I was appreciative that this woman wasn’t in my vocal range. If she had been, my remarks would have likely offended her, or even worst, hurt her, which is a practice I really disdain taking part in – hurting others.
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One thing I do often wish is that my body could keep the same pace as my mind. I wonder if others wish the same thing, I don’t know. I just know I wish that. I don’t know how your mind works. I just know how mine does.

I wake up thinking. I fall to sleep thinking. Knowing me, I likely think in my sleep. Sometimes the speed of my thoughts overwhelms me. My mind seems to work similar to a computer, processing massive amounts of thoughts, ideas, plans, and endless other things all at once. At times it’s so frustrating though. I’ve “written” some of my best ever stuff when I’m in bed and have no means of typing it out.
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Cherished Friends

(Us in October 1977. Wow!)

Thank you all  (from Dave Hingsburger’s blogspot) for your very kind comments. My blog is an infant – just a wee little thing, but I look forward to its growth and development. I am also beyond thrilled to be in contact with Dave & Joe again. They are two people I’ve honestly never stopped missing, but decades later, I never in my wildest imagination thought I would actually find them again. I also had no clue how famous Dave Hingsburger has become.