[tri-med] Re: teasing

At 08:59 AM 17/12/2005, you wrote:
>  we were on a family vacation, hiking up a
>trail to a visitor's center, when this strange woman asked about 
>Philina's condition.
>
>I always took such opportunities to educate people, but this woman 
>was truly a jerk.
>After I explained Philina's condition to her, she turned to little 
>Lara and said, "Don't you
>think that it's unfair of your parents to keep her and steal all the 
>time and money they
>spend on her instead of you?  Don't you feel deprived?  Wouldn't it 
>be better for you if
>they put her in an institution?"

Where did this woman get off saying that, I'm gob smacked!

>
>
>Lara thought it over for a few minutes, and I was VERY disappointed 
>to hear her
>response of, "Yes!  Why don't we get rid of her?"
>
>After I glared at the woman (if looks could kill), I turned to Lara 
>and said, "And exactly
>what are you missing out on?  Don't we still take you on family 
>vacation?  And to the
>zoo, and Disneyland?  You still got to go to swimming lessons and 
>gymnastics and
>preschool.  Your friends come over to visit, and you go to their 
>houses.  Besides,
>would you really want parents who would just give away one of their 
>kids?  If I'd give
>away one of you, how could you be sure you wouldn't be next?"
>
>She didn't even have to think that time before she said, "Let's keep her!"
>
>
>What a wise mother you are.
>
>
>
>Fawna, mom to Philina 22 yrs (PT6p & Moya Moya Syndrome)
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Jocelyn, Wife to Frank, Mother to Ian, Gillian and Susan
Grandmother (Nanna)  to Carly 18, Mathew 16, Ashleigh 15, Alex 13 and 
Tess 8 1/2 (T18)
Living at North Richmond, NSW Australia 

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