I am watching a movie, well a TV show on Netflix, its called Switched at Birth. Obviously its about babies that were switched...at birth! Lol. So the girls are actually sixteen now, and its a typical tv show, full of who did what and who knew what, and you did that and etc etc...
well one of the girls is deaf, and I have found it interesting to watch for many reasons, one being that I like seeing how much ASL I remember :)
In this show it obviously shows how the deaf girl is different and it shows her struggling with typical things that a deaf girl may deal with.
Last week I went and saw a play (that my niece is in!) it's called Side Show. Its a play about a side show at a circus in the depression era. so in short its about a bunch of freaks! I seriously loved it! I cant wait to see it again, (I'm going again on Saturday)!! you know what a side show is right? I didn't really know, I kind of did, but anyway, they would take people with abnormalities (elephant man, the 4 legged woman, conjoined twins, midgets... etc!), and show them as freaks, on the side of the circus! how was I to know? I've never been to a circus and I wasn't around back in the day when they did that....so....you learn something new everyday!
so, why am I telling you these two things? Because I am re-learning the art of not judging! I have never really been one to judge people....so I thought. But as I thought about it after watching these two things I have realized that I need to pay a little more attention to what I am doing. because I don't want others to judge me or look at me like I have horns or a tail...I can look past their "abnormalities" and see the person!
I am different! I pride myself on being different! I don't like doing things that is the norm.... I bought a bag/purse that was kind of the in thing a few years ago...I bought it because I liked it...but so did everyone else! I saw it at church, a saw it at school, I saw it everywhere!!! there is no way I was going to use it! I still see it around, not as much but my cute little bag is still brand new! one day I'll use it...and it will be old news to everyone else... oh well!
so?
what is "normal"? conforming with the accepted standard or norm.
what is "norm"? a standard or model for a group.
so if something isn't accepted its not normal?
So my niece and I dipped animal crackers in our super duper homemade frysauce! it was delicious! and we did it again...not accepted...therefore not normal...
my nephew was born almost totally deaf and blind...(smartest kid ever)! not like the majority of kids born hearing and seeing....therefore not normal
my nieces wears clothes that don't match...one is 7 one is 16 they don't care! ....not normal
who says we need to be normal? who says we have to stick to a standard! ok so probably no one has actually said that.. I don't know? but for the sake of this writing.... we don't have to be normal!!
we can be different and we can stand up for the sake of someone else who is different from ourselves, different from the "norm".........
my normal can be a different normal than yours.
my different can be a different different than yours.
nothing can ever be the same as something else! millions (to the millionth power) of snowflakes fall and not one is the same as another! I like to take that and say...I can always be different! I wont have to conform with what someone else says is accepted and normal!
We don't have to be accepted by the "in crowd". If I want to be in the in-crowd and I change my ways and my beliefs to do it..thats wrong. I make my choices and those that matter to me will accept me for me and for who I am. I don't have to be like this or like that. I have to be me and live up to what I know I can be and become!
some of the differences we see around us aren't caused by natural causes...obviously you don't choose to be born without hearing, you don't choose to be born conjoined...... however some differences are chosen. like me eating animal crackers and frysauce with my niece! there are obviously bigger differences and bigger choices but you catch my drift.....
so...the point of all this....is that I need to just pay attention to those around me and not judge them, and help them where I can. I need to remember that whether by choice or not, that person is who he is, and I am who I am!
what goes around comes around...
treat others how you would want to be treated...
If I want to be loved for who I am than that's what I will do for you!!!
This is me:
I have a foot wall(a wall with a bunch of feet pictures)
I like peanut butter and grapes(together)
I have a blue ceiling in my kitchen
I take pictures of food I think is pretty, or cool, or sometimes just because.
I have a red wall in my family room
I love musicals, watching, being in, listening, singing
I wear striped socks with my sunday clothes
I do things(or don't do them) just because someone else didn't(or did)
I am just different! and proud of it!!!
me, my niece and my sisters feet in the limo!
first night in my house!!
pretty parfait breakfast on the blue moon day!(yes I also find excuse to have dates and do cool things with food) :)
canning salsa...it's really yummy, I had to get creative I didn't have hot peppers or a lot of onions... I also added cinnamon! :)
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