tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post2093166484431741866..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: Right is RightDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-75491902830093616892013-08-18T06:26:38.034-04:002013-08-18T06:26:38.034-04:00Ruby knows. Sadie is likely to learn, too. You and...Ruby knows. Sadie is likely to learn, too. You and Joe have helped them to know. Mike and Marissa probably know, too. Know what? That being your own true self, and accepting your own unique self and everyone else's own true self, is the essence of love and the basis of joy. Blessings of the universe to you all.Clairesmumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-88253259660994718692013-08-18T00:20:18.314-04:002013-08-18T00:20:18.314-04:00If only we could teach the entire world to be so a...If only we could teach the entire world to be so accepting of difference. Maybe these little children will lead them. I see it here (in Calgary) every time I'm out. The kids seem to accept the differences, despite all the horrific bullying stories we hear. It's the older people who have trouble with difference and less than perfection. So there's hope for the young Dave. Ruby shows us that. Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14133236228952504852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-88498365448320697322013-08-17T23:27:35.761-04:002013-08-17T23:27:35.761-04:00Thanks again, Dave. I'm glad I found you.Thanks again, Dave. I'm glad I found you.B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-45535549558351875062013-08-17T19:44:31.952-04:002013-08-17T19:44:31.952-04:00Ruby amazes me.Ruby amazes me.Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251920708783268740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-88970599635435717312013-08-17T18:56:27.735-04:002013-08-17T18:56:27.735-04:00I just love Ruby stories! What a cool kid! :)
Rem...I just love Ruby stories! What a cool kid! :)<br /><br />Reminds me of Beauty and the Beast... Any of us who were little girls when the Disney version came out will tell you how disappointed we were when the beast turned back into a prince. He was "right" as the beast... and so much hotter. ;)Kristinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06868874343026873104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-56622374813836943622013-08-17T17:07:01.058-04:002013-08-17T17:07:01.058-04:00Thanks dave .. made my day ..MikeThanks dave .. made my day ..MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-44416594074311151642013-08-17T14:01:48.939-04:002013-08-17T14:01:48.939-04:00Fantastic!! Thank you for sharing such an upliftin...Fantastic!! Thank you for sharing such an uplifting story with us & thank you for ALL of your fabulous posts :) Fragments https://www.blogger.com/profile/04779518927376226419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-85427477644259001902013-08-17T13:01:35.920-04:002013-08-17T13:01:35.920-04:00I saw the first Percy Jackson movie a couple of ye...I saw the first <i>Percy Jackson</i> movie a couple of years ago, because I'm a fan of the old Greek myths...<br /><br />And I was horrified by the way physical disability was depicted in the film. Two characters: Percy's best friend satyr and Chiron the centaur used forearm crutches and a motor wheelchair respectively to hide the non-human parts of their bodies. But there were no genuinely disabled people in the story, who used adaptive technology as legitimate tools.<br /><br />When the lights came up, and we left the theater, a girl (maybe a little older than Ruby) saw my motor chair, and her eyes got really wide... I worried/wondered about how long after that would that young person look at a disabled person and wonder what they were hiding....<br /><br />The ironic thing is that all the promotional material I read afterward said the author came up with this story idea, to help his son feel better about having Aspergers Syndrome. But all the people with disabilities that I know have no wish to be demigods -- they just want to be seen as <i>human</i>.CapriUnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16906524679880178584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-88151299244177367542013-08-17T10:59:04.598-04:002013-08-17T10:59:04.598-04:00Wow, how impressive. Wow, how impressive. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-57604563600495958742013-08-17T10:01:09.396-04:002013-08-17T10:01:09.396-04:00That is a great story. Perfect illustration about ...That is a great story. Perfect illustration about children getting it from birth and the adults ruin all that for them. We need to get out of their way and let them lead the world. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02515493066365038401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-63225306045386572942013-08-17T09:12:06.273-04:002013-08-17T09:12:06.273-04:00I think that Ruby and Sadie's parents have int...I think that Ruby and Sadie's parents have intentionally support their kids in honouring difference. They are the one's who made this possible.Dave Hingsburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-4073503355907311252013-08-17T07:30:17.225-04:002013-08-17T07:30:17.225-04:00Wow. Wouln't the world be different if everyo...Wow. Wouln't the world be different if everyone thought like Ruby?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-53419514993803538662013-08-17T07:00:29.981-04:002013-08-17T07:00:29.981-04:00Its wonderful that Ruby realized also that you wou...Its wonderful that Ruby realized also that you would like that. It shows that you have influenced her thinking and because of that she is able to see the world in a new and better perspective! Great story.Sue Marranconinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-7136252340674185542013-08-17T06:38:12.663-04:002013-08-17T06:38:12.663-04:00Ruby is excellent. Be proud Dave :) Ruby is excellent. Be proud Dave :) Gleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17671758996746410949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-91675530870194677382013-08-17T03:34:53.103-04:002013-08-17T03:34:53.103-04:00Yeah!!!!!!Wish more kids and adults would be so wi...Yeah!!!!!!Wish more kids and adults would be so wise.theknappernoreply@blogger.com