Mommy's Diary

Sooo, today Clare was walking out of music class & fell. Because of her cerebral palsy & lack of depth perception & a few other factors she loses her balance easily. Sometimes she just walkin normal & will kind of "trip over herself". Well just as she always does after a fall, she popped right up & said "Im okay!"...which always makes me smile :). However, today something happened for the first time...2 little boys started cracking up laughing & pointing to her. I know...kids are kids. But it just hurt my heart because it made me think of what's to come. As she gets older, goes to school...kids can be so mean & I just want to protect her. I'm used to kids asking questions when we're somewhere like the park or the pool, etc.,.. They'll ask "what's wrong with her eyes?" or stare at her scars.  Those are harmless questions from curios kids. & the 2 laughing today were little boys being themselves...kids. But it brought tears to my eyes to think how Clare will feel when she is teased at an older age. Will she be hurt, sad, feel like something is wrong with her? Or will she still know that all she needs to do/the important thing to do is to just hop back up on her feet, & say "Im okay" & keep walking!!!