i cant believe i didnt think of that myself..

ok small story, i know you want to hear it too- so im gonna write it
there was a kid in my HS who i believe had the same condition, but had severe learning disability. he was the most socially ackward kid in our class- but he memorized everyones names, where they worked, where they lived, who their family was.. he got the class list before graduation and started calling everyone by their first and middle names.. “hey amy christine.. how are you?”
anyway, he works at the grocery store near my mothers house.. for 12 years now.. bagging groceries. i used to go there alot before Target and Hannafords came to town. i went once when i was about 7 months pregnant- i was only 19 at the time.. i was standing in line with 3 people in front of me, 4 people behind me when i hear.. “Amy Christine ******* are you having a BABY?!?!?!”
i cringed, knowing, it was HIM!!!! then what came next?! “Aren’t you a little too young to be having a BABY?! Im older than you by two years and i KNOW im too young to have a baby!!!!!!”
oh if i could have died right there i would have. i havent been back to the store since then and its been almost 8 years since my daughter was born. he has gone on facbook though and has been friending me non stop for the last two weeks, i keep ignoring it.. i really really dont even want to see him let alone be friends with him on facebook. i suppose, he didnt know what he was really saying..but people stared, they laughed, and i almost cried that day.. soooooo should i forgive and forget?! lol even if hes learning disabled, i cant let that go! lol
so maybe your partner has this.. and maybe you gotta try and be a little more patient, but dont let him insult you without sticking up for yourself woman!!! at least do that ok?! ; )
ok novel is over.. im sorry for hijacking!!

I’m really glad you recognized yourself here. I was feeling kindof weirded out by the labeling in your last post. I felt like it just did not jive with the God loving girl I know you are. You said, “I will view this positively as God’s chance for me to improve myself.” Wow he answered pretty fast here, eh?

We all experience people who are “strange” or who upset us or who we may deem “unlovable.” Going through my eating disorder, I try to see now that everyone has hurts, and some are dealing with it negatively, as I did with ED. Some act mean hearted and cruel, some are judgmental, some are strange. But what I remember is that ALL were created in God’s image, and that image is still somewhere inside…maybe buried deep but it’s in there. And if we love God, we gotta love his people too. And love means kindness.

So in the spirit of it all, I LOVE this post and I LOVE you too!

Makes you remember how LUCKY we are not to be afflicted with something like bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, etc.