Abby recently wrote me a message in which she said that she shared my frustrations regarding language during her time in Paris. Her take on the experience was something that I hadn’t even considered.
“I used to like to think of it like I had more of an opportunity to grow than everyone else, since I had so much more to learn.”
I love this positive perspective. Thanks mama.
love you!!!
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Hi Francesca - I just wrote this to you via FB too, but this is an awesome blog. I'm starting back with your first post and am making my way through it.
ReplyDeleteWhen I traveled alone thru Europe when I was your age, I had been working for awhile with retarded adults and being in Germany where I spoke no German, i remember feeling that for the first time in my life, I knew what it was like to be like one of the guys I worked with who had down syndrome. I had very little ability to comunicate or comprehend anything. So I developed coping strategies, just as I'm sure you have. I remember one guy I worked with had to catch the bus every day outside his apartment, but didn't know how to tell time, so he figured out from where the shadow fell from a sign out his window when the bus was due to arrive. - Jamie