Drive by Blessings

I was to take over this past Saturday for the Won by One kids. No one showed up. I was hoping to make it to church services but I was detoured. My friends the Kinneys' have 3 and 1/2 great kids [the 1/2 is going to be here in a few months]

The youngest-so far-is Princess Coleman. She is abour 1 1/2 years old. Anyway last week, I was walking past the nursery at the church and a very unhappy camper was in there. I held my arms out and Coleman came right to me. I got a few sugars out of her, and got her to calm down a little.

See, she has Down Syndrome. DS kids are the most loving kids in the world.

Her daddy, Scott, is our children's minister. One night at a special function at the church, he mentioned Colman's situation. Two-well intiontioned--elderly ladies in front of me had that "OH NO!!! Poor baby..." reaction. What they don't know is that DS kids are a true blessing. They do not know "hatred". Of course, it can be argued that no one knows hatred and that it has to be taught, but it's different w/ these kids. They just love. PERIOD.

I thank God for this "side effect" of DS. Maybe we can all learn something from them.

In fact, I think I'll cut and paste this into my other blog.