What my son teaches me

Most of you know that we have a 15 year old son named Adir, whom we adopted as a baby and who happens to have Down Suyndrome.

He is amazing. He is fearless, full of love and does not let life get him down. We went to the timeshare we own at Cape Caribe in Cape Canaveral. Florida. They have a huge waterpark on the premises. I was happy in the regular pool (with over a hundred people swimming, I was still able to do laps). Adir went on the 4 or 5 story stairs to the waterslide and coaxed my husband to try the waterslide. They ended up going over a dozen times each. I went on the lazy river there.

When we visited friends in Boca Raton this week , Adir heard the bickering and complaining of their children (just a little younger than Adir) that they didn't have certain things that they wanted. Adir just said, that's ok, maybe another time....He did not whine or complain..

Also at middle school, he introduced himself to the prettiest girl in the place (not limiting himself to the ESE crowd). He started up a conversation with her and said he wuld like o take her out sometime. While the date has not materialized, they did become friends, calling each other regularly. His teacher saw that when he was going to introduce himself to her, tried to stop him (what if she's not interested?) He said So, what!!, Of course she'll like me, I'm cute!!.

Helen