Mind Put At Ease

So yesterday was a good day for a few reasons... The first was that I found out that I am not the only one who has a daughter that can go from an Angle to a Devil in a snap... That her angry looks at me and the things she says is something that other mothers experience.... It really was a huge relief to find this out... There have been days here and there when I think who is this child and where did my little girl go? She just turns straight up nasty as I tell her. I throw out my threats and at some point it all calms down. Then comes the thought of what kind of mother am I to have a child go crazy on me like that, and like I said above I found out that I'm like every other mother out there with a 3 or 4 yr old child... : )
The other experience was with little Jack Attack. I took the kids to the Festival of Trees which is where people donate decorated trees usually in memory of someone who has passed, and then the trees are auctioned off and the proceeds go to Primary Children's Hospital. Well, we were over in the craft section and Elle wanted to paint an ornament. So we go over to the table and there is a young man who had Downs sitting there, helping his mom run the booth. Well his mother saw Jack and introduced me to her son. I think she said he was 35, but as we were talking a little, the sweetest thing was happening between Jack and this young man. They were just sitting there staring at each other, both with the biggest smile on their face, it was as if they were saying "I know you, how are you doing?" It was such a sweet moment...
Then as the kids and I were walking around looking at the trees, I saw this younger girl who looked just like my sister Maureen. I stopped her mom and asked if the little girl had Ruben-Stein Tabies - which is what Maureen has - and she looked at me stunned for a moment later she said it was just because she had never had anyone ask because it is so rare, you just don't hear the term, but then said that yes she did have it. We talked for a bit, and I think the thing that got me the most was how alike they were... Their movements, their looks, it was just really crazy. One thing her mom asked was if Maureen was very loving? And I was like oh yeah, she loves giving hugs to everyone, and the mom said that her daughter did too. It was just such a testimony of the spirits in these wonderful children. There is nothing, and I mean nothing but love in them, and that is all that radiates from them. I just wish that everyone would see that first, before anything else... Thats really all that matters after all....