Matthew recently wrote this for school:
I have a brother who has a special body.
He can’t walk. He can’t talk. He can’t move his body in the way he wants. But does have his own language of love. One of the ways he tells me he loves me is with his wink. He is always winking because he only has one eye.
He shows me love when I lay by him. He is like a teddy bear because even though he can’t talk, he always listens. I can tell him my problems and he makes me feel happy.
When I’m having a hard day, I lay by him and he helps my bad feelings to melt away. He helps me to feel peaceful.
When I hug my brother I like to do a special arm lock with his arm and mine. My brother can’t hug me back, but when I want him to hug me I help him by putting his arms around my neck.
I can tell he’s happy when I’m around. When I come home from school and I’m near him, he usually gives me a smile.
My brother teaches me that love is the most important thing ever. He tells me with a feeling. He tells me with his heart. He shows me you don’t have to have a perfect body to love perfectly.
He can’t walk. He can’t talk. He can’t move his body in the way he wants. But does have his own language of love. One of the ways he tells me he loves me is with his wink. He is always winking because he only has one eye.
He shows me love when I lay by him. He is like a teddy bear because even though he can’t talk, he always listens. I can tell him my problems and he makes me feel happy.
When I’m having a hard day, I lay by him and he helps my bad feelings to melt away. He helps me to feel peaceful.
When I hug my brother I like to do a special arm lock with his arm and mine. My brother can’t hug me back, but when I want him to hug me I help him by putting his arms around my neck.
I can tell he’s happy when I’m around. When I come home from school and I’m near him, he usually gives me a smile.
My brother teaches me that love is the most important thing ever. He tells me with a feeling. He tells me with his heart. He shows me you don’t have to have a perfect body to love perfectly.
8 comments:
That is the sweetest thing I have ever read. aww totally made my day :)
You cannot even know how much this meant to me to read. What a sweet boy and (boys) you have.. My heart is so heavy and so full, I lost my multiply disabled brother a year ago in July 2009 he was my light and I understood his language his hugs and his que's. I love this sweet boy you have and I understand where it is he is coming from- do you care if I post your info on my blog.. this was so sweet.
What a beautiful story and what a beautiful big brother. Both of your boys are beautiful. O.K. O.K. I think I said beautiful alot but that is the word that best sums up this post. Beautiful!
April,
This was the sweetest thing I have ever read! I love how compassionate our kids our to their special needs sibling.
I love, love, love this post! Thanks so much for sharing and the photos are just perfect!
Love this! I love hearing the siblings perspective. I hope my sons will feel the same way about their sister and be able to share it with other. You can tell how proud he is of his brother!
This was awesome.
That is just beautiful.
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