"Just smile and wave, boys" -Madagascar
I post a lot staring at people who are disabled and the annoyingness of kids staring, but this one is going to be totally different. This is a story that happened a few months ago at my doctor's office, and I was touched by it and wanted to share.
I went into my doctor's office because I had a fever, sinus problems, a sore throat, and these really weird, painful muscle spasms in my legs that only when my fever was around 99.9°-100.6°, I was on medicine for said fever and I was really tired. I was called back, got checked out, and when I was walking out we stopped at the office door because my aunt went to hold the inside door (the one that you go through when the nurse calls you, I don't know if there's a name for them.) for a mother who's son was staring at my mom and I instead of listening to his mom. Still feeling terrible, I decided to wave at him and smile a little, his mother saw me waving and said, "Thanks for waving at him!" and when on to explain how most people just sit there like, oh he's staring at me, and get annoyed by it.
See, I haven't been thanked by any other parent, I don't know if I ever will again. But I don't know what child has been waved at when they stare at disabled people. What I do know that from now on, no matter how annoyed I am, I'm going to try my best to wave or smile at everyone who stares at me.
I went into my doctor's office because I had a fever, sinus problems, a sore throat, and these really weird, painful muscle spasms in my legs that only when my fever was around 99.9°-100.6°, I was on medicine for said fever and I was really tired. I was called back, got checked out, and when I was walking out we stopped at the office door because my aunt went to hold the inside door (the one that you go through when the nurse calls you, I don't know if there's a name for them.) for a mother who's son was staring at my mom and I instead of listening to his mom. Still feeling terrible, I decided to wave at him and smile a little, his mother saw me waving and said, "Thanks for waving at him!" and when on to explain how most people just sit there like, oh he's staring at me, and get annoyed by it.
See, I haven't been thanked by any other parent, I don't know if I ever will again. But I don't know what child has been waved at when they stare at disabled people. What I do know that from now on, no matter how annoyed I am, I'm going to try my best to wave or smile at everyone who stares at me.
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