This entry summarizes in a moment what humanity can become. We are capable of doing wonderful things and we are, at the same time, capable of doing despicable things. And it sums it up because the first thing that happened was horrible and the second, hopeful and thankful.
A few days ago, the parents of Glenn Buratti, a 6-year-old boy with autism spectrum disorder and epilepsy decided to celebrate his birthday party by inviting 16 children in his class. Nobody came. His mother, sad, explained it on Facebook and, unexpectedly, what looked like it was going to be one of the worst days of that family's life was transformed, sure, into one of the best.
Breaking down on Facebook
As many do when something makes them angry or disgusting, when you need to tell someone what just happened to you, the mother explained on Facebook, in a group in her community, what happened:
I know this may seem unimportant, but my heart suffers for my little son. We invite your whole class (16 children) to your birthday party, because today is 6 years old. Nobody has shown up.
He simply explained it in the same way that I explain it today, showing how horrible people can be. Of the 16, none came. Then something happened that not even she could expect. Fifteen children in the area, with their respective parents, attended Glenn's birthday party.
But they were not the only ones. The firefighters and the police also went to the party And they had a good time with the child, with gifts and everything, as you can see in these photos:
What kind of person do you want to be?
I don't say it much, but on more than one occasion I have come to ask this question to my children. When they have done something that I did not like, when they have not done something they should have done, when I think they are disrespecting someone, when they do things that they probably would not like to be done to them (rarely, I say) I tell them: "What kind of person do you want to be? Do you want to be like that? Do you want to be remembered for this? Because you are what you do." Do you want to be one of those children who invite their friends and remain alone?, we would have to tell those children that they did not come. But of course, children don't go to parties alone, they go with their parents.
Then it is they who should be asked: What kind of person do you want your child to be? Do you want me to be one of those children who don't go to a child's party because they have autism? Congratulations, you have done it. Perhaps they have not even made that reflection, or perhaps yes, but the message that children carry is terrible, especially considering that what is most common in a child is the example we give them.
Luckily fifteen parents with their fifteen children attended the party, without having been invited, and thankfully the police and firefighters acted in an incredible way to what they considered an "emergency." Bravo.
