What a wonderful thoughtful DS, eco21268! He is really trying to think about the complexity and people and see their best.
My story is not specifically 2e related (although I suspect my DS is), but it reminded me to see that gifts come in many forms. My DS 4.5 is intense and sometimes so happy to see his friends he brings so much volume, motion, and intensity to his greeting that it is embarrassing to me and occasionally overwhelming to his peers. We were in a store in the check out line when a friend from preschool came in the door. He was ecstatic, and so loud and bouncy in proclaiming that she was there and saying her name and how happy he was to see her, every single person there stopped to look at him. And I felt embarrassment. Then I heard the store employee's voice behind me, tinged with loneliness: "My God, I wish one person in this world was that happy to see me walk in the door." So I vowed to see his true joy at seeing someone as a gift, something perhaps to temper bit, but something precious.
ETA I don't mean "gift" in the gifted or "all kids are gifted" sense in this post
Last edited by Ocelot; 05/13/16 05:18 PM.
