And green means go. Yellow means slow down or for some people it means speed up. “Slow kids playing” usually means slow down there are kids playing or for the smart ass in some of us it means hey there’s a slow kid playing somewhere around. Speed bumps are usually indicative of an area where slow speed is required. There’s crosswalks, stop signs, speed limits, etc….the list goes on and on.
Most importantly there is look both ways!!
But what if when you look both ways you don’t see what I see. What if your brain doesn’t remind you to always look both ways? Maybe it told you to look left but not right. Maybe it didn’t tell you to look at all. How about when you look and you see the first car but not the second. When for you all you can think about is how to get to the other side, what’s over there, and how badly you want it. When the most important thing to you isn’t that second car behind the first one but how fun it will be when you get across the street to grandmas who’s got your favorite candy on the table, or JJ’s who wants to show you his new Pokemon, or nothing at all just that the sky is blue, skittles are in my pocket, I like the ninja turtles, look at me now, my side hurts, my bike is awesome, hope my mom gets home soon, should I cut my hair, school isn’t fun, BOOM!!!
— For the fifth time my son has almost been hit by a car. Ironically we were on the way to his psychiatrist appointment to discuss his aspergers tendencies and ADHD. As I cried and yelled about the importance of looking for cars he just wanted to figure out how to help me stop crying.
He’s 9. He deserves the chance to see everything the world has to offer him and what God has in store for him. He’s everything to me.
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