Something has been bothering me as of late that I feel I need to share with you all or burst from letting it boil inside of me.

Here goes. About 2 weeks ago I went to my local grocery store to get a few items. I was having a particularly bad walking day so I was using my walker rather than my cain. As I was moving down a aisle there was a young girl with her mother. She looks at me with major curiosity. Staring was more like it. Finally she looks at her Mom and in a whisper that I could easily hear, asks her what was wrong with me. Her mother's ignorant response was "I don't know dear, but stay away from him".

Being the shy quiet type that you all have grown to know, I simply could not let that one go. I looked at the mother and said "yes, by all means, keep her away from me or she just might learn something interesting today". The mother looked at me in disgust, called me a weirdo, grabbed her daughters arm and off they went.

Come on. Are we as humans still so ignorant in this day and age with all of the information that is available to us feel that we still need to treat our brotheron with such disrespect and disgust? I have to say I was appalled at this women's response to her daughters question. Now her daughter will grow up to be just as ignorant as her mother and so on and so on.

Maybe I overreacted. Maybe I just expect people to be a little more educated in this day and age about how to approach situations they do not completely understand. Rather than makes Jackasses of themselves, I would expect them to be just a little more considerate. But than I might be asking for too much.

Sorry this is so long, but I just needed to get this off my chest. I feel much better now. Thank you.

Chin Up Mark xoxo