I am Sam

I just got done watching that movie. It'd been awhile since I'd watched it. It's such an incredible movie. One of my favorite parts is where they're taping the answering machine message....priceless. Jon and I definitely rewound that part....haha. The movie reminded me of summer camp at the YMCA and the autistic kids I worked with. They are such incredible kids and being able to spend a couple summers with them was truely a blessing. Sure they're handful but what kid isn't, eh? I'll never forget singing "The Bear Necessities", "Mr. Rodgers", and "Winnie the Pooh" over and over and over with Blake or picking sprinkles off Trevor's cookies and watching Jonathan run after him streaking through the pool or catching bugs with Casey and talking about the Lion King 70 billion times a day or listening to Brock tell a story word-for-word from a Read to me book or him playing with the other kids like he never has before. I love those memories and it's experiences like those and movies like I Am Sam that remind me that they really are a blessing from God and He has a purpose for these kids. They may not be the smartest kids in the world, but they know how to love and I've experienced that. They reminded me to sit back and enjoy little things. So if you ever have the chance to work with an autistic child, jump at the chance cause it's not just them who will grow, but you as well.