Just another day ~ a few more words ~ steps ahead to witness change & ~Acceptance~

Semantics in shades of blue....

 

We might lose our way in shades of blue...

We offer our world versions of rosy pink & for our family ~yellow & orange~
& well, ~All The Colours~

We frame it all by listening to & reading the words of others

Yet try to find & define our own voices & have our voices – all of our voices heard

Semantics cloud our views

Differences can create waves yet we learn to ride them out

We are in the middle, on the fence and just trying to live our daily lives

Yet are being encouraged and pushed and pulled in various directions

Life is never one dimensional...

... a spectrum a fitting term

We are not just blue ~ we are indeed “All Colours” and “All Voices” looking for acceptance

We are vibrant and alive and speak in different ways

...seeking acceptance ~ living our own version of acceptance

Without that one element ~ without acceptance

No matter what colour it appears to be

We could continue to be defined by the Blues & in the Blues and the Semantics

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Or perhaps we will allow all of the colours we live day-to-day to light our way....





Photo Credits to Nicolas ~

he took them when he was 6 years old ~
May 2012 ~ School Trip to Around The Bend Farm
near Newmarket, ON

 





 

In December - there will be so much Joy - so much to celebrate but some tears too....

 

You might read today or shortly after I post - but maybe come back again - I'll probably add some more....

Nicolas doesn't know this yet ~ but we have had an opportunity to place him in a very specialized class - a brand new program in a school not too far from our home - which will allow him to grow and mature and move forward in ways he would continue to experience extreme challenges with at his present school....

That is not to say they aren't indredible & amazing & that they Couldn't have kept him....

Quite possibly one week from this coming Monday - he will board a school bus for his new class ~ new school & our new approach to this continuing journey - in particular his education ~ however this translates into his everyday success too....

I am so sad - not to say I'm sad about who he is.... we've known him all his life - & he is just the same - although now we know him better & continue to grow with him (& his little sister) that is always a part of the way we parented them....

I am sad - becuase he should be able to stay where he is - "should" - in 2011 ~ in Canada there should be programming and budget reserves for just such a placement - where he could be worked with for at least a full year - to truly see if his entry into primary school could happen in a "Main~Stream" or an "Inclusive" environment....

so we can hope that our decisions allow him to learn more about himself and about how he will be back to his "Home School" or within a setting more like he was introduced....
I will show him our excitement about how "They Invited Him" - how they just knew they had great things designed just for him & that he would be allowed to do so many of the things he truly loves and is good at....
We will celebrate this as the gift that it is -
We will also support him through however he feels the need to transition through this "Big Change" - so we'll just try not to show him that taking this step (isn't truly the way it should be) is an Adventure, one that we hope to keep a record and keep updates on....

We have also agreed to have our daughter Micaela screened with our Region if our Family Doctor & or Paediatrician agree......