The reason I decide to start this blog is pretty simple. I post funny things my daughter says on facebook. I also post some sad things that happen. Last month, right about Mothers Day, a friend at work was telling me that I should journal the things that happen in my life and then think about writing a book. I decided that was the most amazing thing I had ever heard. It would be a book about how life has thrown so many curve balls at my family but we are still going. I want to show how we have dealt with it and how we stay so happy. Many people ask how I can be so happy with so many negatives in my life. That is why I started this blog, so that Linda (my friend who gave me the journal) wouldn't be the only one to understand why my life is so amazing and maybe I would help others understand how we have made it through.
I think I need to explain my daughter a little bit. She is the youngest of 4. She has 2 older sisters and 1 older brother. I noticed at a young age that she was different. She was always a little slow to do things but we decided it was because she had her siblings to do it for her. I called her quirky. Not sure that is even a word but its a good description of her. She has her own imaginary world. Her imagination is huge. She never played with toys, all the things she played were in her head. She would laugh at her own jokes that no one else even understood. She could play for hours outside by herself. I guess I just thought this was just her personality. She never learned to use the bathroom consistently. Her doctor would tell me she was a late bloomer. After being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 4 we babied her a little too much. At least that is what I thought. We sent her off to Kindergarten and I thought she was doing well. She always had a ton of homework but I thought the schools were just piling it on. One day I got a note from the teacher saying that my daughter does nothing in class and just wanders around. I didn't believe her and I got really angry. I am not sure what the note I sent back said but I am sure it was not very nice. The teacher offered to let me come into the classroom and observe. I spent almost every single day in class with her after that. I realized then that there was a huge problem.
The problems continued into 1st grade and that year I just about pulled her out of school. Once they even left her in the classroom by herself and she didn't know where to go so she went outside and sat by herself until the end of the school day. They never noticed she was gone. In 1st grade we did some testing and found out she has epilepsy and has "irregular brain spikes every 10-15 SECONDS" Yep, seconds. Imagine trying to think and being interrupted every 10-15 seconds. She was falling behind and I asked for help and the teacher said, "she is behind but she is a good girl and doesn't interrupt my class." We never got the help I was seeking. The teacher told me that Destiny totally isolates herself from others and does not know how to interact with children. I tried to watch her with an open mind and realized it was very true. She doesn't understand how to read non verbal clues from people. She doesn't understand personal space. She can't even talk to someone her own age because they don't have any idea what she is talking about. She has aspergers.
Destiny doesn't understand scarcasm at all. If you say it she thinks you mean it. This is why my life is so entertaining. Although her brain does not work like the rest of ours, her brain is incredible. Add that to her imagination and you get Destiny. The funniest girl I know. An example, you ask??? Ok, here goes.
Destiny had to do a school report on goods and services. She had to write down a local business and then draw a picture of the good or service they provide. Destiny wrote down "CableOne". For those of you that don't know what that is, it provides us with our cable, Internet and phone. Destiny drew a picture of a dog. I ran that through my head for quite some time before I questioned her about it. I really wanted to figure it out on my own. She said it was a new thing that CableOne was getting in to. Puzzled I asked her how she knew about this. She said she heard it on the commercial. Now I knew it was a miscommunication and I asked her exactly what the commercial said. She so sweetly and honestly looked at me and said "CableOne, doing business with the big dogs."
My stomach hurt from laughing so hard. And even as I typed it I was laughing. You don't realize how many metaphors we use in life and how some people just don't understand them. Why would you say you were doing business with big dogs if you gave us cable, Internet and phones??? Destiny still thinks I am wrong, she swears they are walking dogs now.
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