i love my baby brother
my little brother is sick and has the flu. since the doctors office isn't open today he had to go to the hospital because he has asthma and he ran out of nebulizer medication so we had no choice but to take him there to prevent an asthma attack. hes alright, just my mom wanted to be safe and not sorry. so just now i realized everything about my brother and i started crying. he's absolutely the sweetest kid ever, he's always happy, he never is angry, and he never gets in trouble. he's pretty much the nicest kid ever except for the fact he's not normal.. hes autistic. he always helps my parents and the rest of my family, no one ever has to ask him to do anything without him complaining because he always does what he is told and there isn't a question or complaint for it. (AND HERE I AM WHO SCREAMS BECAUSE I HAVE TO WASH THE DISHES). every day when my mom drops him off at the bus stop and she parks where she is unnoticed and watches to see how he interacts with other kids AND HE DOESNT. all of the kids ignore him and act like he isn't there. (<<< when i thought of this i started crying) my mom tells me this all the time and i don't know how to respond to her so i just say "well mom kids are mean." because i don't know what else to say. what really makes me sad about this is the fact i can't do anything about it. no one can. i can't go up to thurston and tell all of the kids that they're selfish and pathetic to treat my brother like he has a contagious disease, and even if i did that wouldn't help him because it just makes him look like a pussy. BUT one thing i am thankful for is that he does have 2 best friends who live in dana point, but he only sees them on the weekends. it's just so indscribable sometimes. what i'm trying to get out of this entry is that like.. when i hear people say retarded... i find it extreamely disrespectful using it as a derogatory statement. so if you're gonna call something retarded.. think again.