A Little Less Conversation (a little more action)
Aug 17th, 2008 by Amy
Every time I read the High School Speech (just below), it makes me get all knotted-up inside. Knotted-up with pride for Ava, with all of her accomplishments, joys, challenges and tenderness. It makes me want to act. It makes me want to blast, at full volume, John Lennon’s “Power to the People!” And dammit, it makes me want to kick ass on Ava’s behalf, and everyone else with a developmental disability.
So here’s to a stronger commitment from me to do just that. To make the world a better place. To get even more involved. To share the love that I, one of the lucky ones on this planet, get to experience from a girl like Ava.
I’m nothing less than proud that she is my daughter. I can only hope that, one day, she will be proud of me, too.
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Right on. Count me in.
I agree and I have been thinking about this since reading that great high school speech post. Will try to call this week about that! Good for Maria Shriver on her LA Times article as well.