Spreading Awareness {Down syndrome style}

Don't Pity Me
By: Joanne Green
Don't pity me
because my child was not born
"perfect", for in {her} imperfection I have
learned to see beauty that is deeper
than the flesh.

Don't pity me
because my child and I have faced challenges
that have served to forge
a bond much deeper than love.

Don't pity me,
because you could not have done this,
for I thought that too once,
before I learned that through love you can do
a great many things you once couldn't do.

Don't pity me,
my child is the greatest blessing to ever touch my life
I am rich to have {her}, and richer still for
the experience of knowing {her}.
And if you are truly my friend,
then you will understand.

And please,
Don't Pity Me.