[Pibe-division] A true story

[Roanna Bacchus]

Hi Adrijana thanks for your message. I enjoyed rading this story.

On Feb 13, 2018 9:55 AM, adrijana prokopenko via PIBE-Division <pibe-division at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> True story:    As I sit on the plane, I talk w/ an autistic little
> girl who has braces on both of her legs.  Yet she kept saying hello to
> me and telling her mom that I was her Spanish Teacher, Ms. Cindy, from
> somewhere near here in Detroit.  She introduced me several times to
> her bear that was named Kindness.  I couldn’t help but notice how kind
> the mother was to her daughter.  She redirected her several times,
> kept telling her to hold her voice down, and held her hand on take-off
> & landing.  Once we reached the gate, the mother quickly grabbed their
> things and tried to get her to the front.  However, they only got a
> few rows forward.  Everyone could hear the mother say “Hold on to
> Kindness.   Hold on to Kindness.” And would help the girl hug the
> bear.  Naturally my tender heart wanted to cry out to everyone on the
> plane...”Did you hear what she said?  Hold on to Kindness!”   I
> thought how appropriate.
> There may have been some annoyed by the little girl talking the whole
> flight or some may have been shy when the girl wanted to hug them or
> high-5 them.  Even the gate operator named Rebekah in State College,
> PA got a hug and then a small kiss on the arm from this little girl.
> Yet the joy this little girl made me think of our world and how we all
> just “NEED TO HOLD ONTO KINDNESS!”
> I talked with the mom coming up the ramp off the plane and told her
> what a great job she’s doing w/ her daughter.  She made several
> remarks and I told her I knew it had to be tiring, but thanked her for
> being consistent (the teacher part of me came out).  She then told me
> the little girl was going to have surgery on her legs to correct them.
> But then she told me how she (the mom) is battling brain cancer and
> how exhausting her treatments are.  My heart sank. I assured her that
> she would be in my continual thoughts and prayers and how she and her
> daughter taught everyone a lesson today...... “Hold on to
> Kindness......you never know what another person is going thru.”
> [this is a true story: Janujustary 3,2018: flight left State College,
> PA @ 1:45 pm to Detroit, MI].  I’d love for this story to circulate so
> we can  #1. Pray for both the mom & daughter, they need miracles to
> occur.     #2  Always carry in our hearts & minds to “Hold onto
> Kindness.”
>
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