This story about disabilities really put my mind to think. It brought many questions to my head and made me really break things down. I could not imagine having a kid with a disability, but at the same time I would always keep it and take care of it to my best ability. I really liked in this story about how they related it to God because honestly I have never thought of this situation being able to be related to God. This was a great learning experience for me. The question that really stuck with me in the first page of the story was what is normal? I mean no one can really tell you what exactly normal is. The quote I liked was when the said, “normal is simply being created in God’s image.” Then with this it made questions pop into my head! What makes a person a person? Which is one of the questions that were asked. “We are told that we (the disabled) have an obligation to be cured by the prayers of the church rather than healed by people’s acceptance of us as we are.” I liked this quote because I really think that this is great to trust in God. Of course, whenever someone goes through circumstances it is going to be really hard to put your trust there. This can just be an example to anything in life. In the beginning of the story, I really liked how the parents did not blame God once for their child that was disabled, but rejoiced about the matter. Instead they were always positive about the matter. To me, these are the kind of parents I would love to have. I remember back in my childhood, after I was born, my parents were told that my sister was supposed to be handicap. The doctors told my parents to get rid of my sister because she would be a lot of work. Both my parents told the doctor they did not care and they are going to have her. Later in life, she turned out just as normal as every other kid. The doctors were wrong. This story really helped me in better understanding kids like this and gave me an idea of what people go through. I think it would take a lot of love and care to really take care of them. With God thought anything is possible!
I'm really glad that you got so much out of this essay. Your story about your sister is pretty impactful.
ReplyDeleteI like your questions: what is normal? what does it mean to be a person?
I don't know that Dr. Fettke and his wife (the parents in the essay) were always positive about their son's handicap. But they certainly did come to a deep understanding--as the essay shows--of God in and through their son.
Your statement that "these are the kind of parents I would love to have" is quite profound.