GBE
2: Blog On
Imperfect
Recently
I read where our state, along with several others, want to demand that anyone
on financial subsidy from the state will do volunteer work. So…this is MY take on things…you, society,
demanded my lovely granddaughter not be aborted when we found out she would
need special care 24/7 making it impossible for my daughter to work so she is
working within the state funded support system.
Now you want to demand she leave my precious cargo with a paid for care
taker to go do volunteer work? There is
a law, being pushed by the Tea Party here in Michigan, to demand anyone on
State Subsidy must work at businesses which typically utilize volunteers.
“She’s beautiful”…..”Aww,
she has her mother’s eyes”…..”So small and delicate, a lotus flower”……
When
my beautiful Number Two Granddaughter was born, these words flew out of the
mouths of anyone fortunate enough to behold her and witness her aura.
She
emanated the colors of the rainbow. She
glowed with red determination, for she was born with a serious heart
defect. The effort she expended to live
past the anticipated “one month at best” was heart breaking to watch. When she looked into your eyes, the bubble gum
pink of love filled the room, for as we all know; Down Syndrome people are
filled with angelic love for all.
Beautiful
Number Two Granddaughter is now just over a year and has begun to pull herself
along the floor, perhaps by the time she reaches two she will be crawling. I am so proud of her mother. My daughter takes wonderful care of our
precious little one.
Number
Two has two doctor appointments per week as well as three physical therapy
sessions per week. She must be on an
oxygen tank respirator when she sleeps and it must be monitored as she tends to
pull it off her face. Her herniated
belly makes dressing her nearly as difficult as strapping her into her high
chair. Even more precarious is the
strapping into a car seat! The buckles
hit right on her little tummy.
You
don’t get to tell young girls to give birth to children who are going to need
extensive care, demanding they stay home to deliver this care and then tell
them they don’t deserve our help. You,
the Moral Minority do NOT get to make those judgments. Because she may run to
the grocery store while the little one is at physical therapy, you don’t get to
pass judgment because you cannot see the disability. She is usually doing that for YOUR benefit as
much as hers…since it accosts your fragile sensibilities to see such a person as
one with a disability.
This
is just one example of why this bill should be vetoed. We live in an imperfect world with an
imperfect government ruling over imperfect people. Yes, there will always be that 1% who abuse
the system….but why would you reprimand the other 99% rather than find that 1%
and do something about them. Most of the
people who utilize our State/National Funded Assistance programs are doing the
best they can with the little we as a society offer them.
If
my sister, who was on disability and food stamps during the last few months of
her life while battling cancer had to go do volunteer work?! She had difficulty getting to the bathroom
much less doing any type of work.
This
bill strips society of our empathy.
leigh
