Journal #6

          This week has been a very bumpy road for me. I have been so stressed about the midterm and afraid to see what tomorrow has in store for us. Although, this week has been very good too. I was a little tired when I can to class on Wednesday, but it ended up being very fun and educational. I was amazed to see the different pictures from the slideshow, of babies who go through different kind of difficulties. The pictures were saddening to look at, but is something we need to know. A girl at our table kept making a few of us laugh. She is not very good with gory pictures. She would turn away and focus on something else while brother Coward talked. Sometimes she would gag or make a weird face. Once the first slide was gone, we began to giggle because it showed the inside of a persons ear, and she didn't like that either. The girl sitting next to her said, "Ito's just an ear." It made me laugh even more. In seriousness, this is saddening to see what children go through every day all around the world and how they are given treatment and ways to work around it to help themselves grow.
          I don't know if I had talked about the wheelchair yet in my journal, so I will throw in a quick side note about it. It was hard. I thought it would've been something easy to do, but once I sat down, I realized it wasn't going to be fun. The things I had to do for it were good and bad. Some of them were easy to do and some of them were difficult. I didn't like having to try and open doors by myself, or even use the restroom. It is amazing to see how when you have something taken away, your life begins to change. It is an obstacle you have to overcome. And overcoming that obstacle of having no use of my legs was pretty hard for me. I do not have a lot of upper body strength. When I was close to finishing, I had to wheel myself back up to the Hinckley. I know I huff and puff, just walking, but what was it going to be like in the wheelchair? It ended up being a complete struggle between my arms and holding the wheels to keep me from sliding backwards. Thankfully some people were kind enough to help me. I am thankful to have done this, but I realize that I need to have more respect for those who struggle everyday. I need to be a kind citizen and reach out my helping hand to others if they are in need as well.