things in this world can make me sad. a relative becoming sick, something i lose, or something bad happening can make me sad. but yesterday and today brought about sadness on a whole new level...for somebody else.
working at a living history museum, i see hundreds and hundreds of people, possibly a couple thousand, every single day. yesterday, a family walked in and bought tickets. seeing them go by broke my heart. they were by no means rich. the father was around 50 years old, average size, long strands of unkempt hair. his wife, a larger lady, was blind. there were 2 children. one was a pretty little girl who looked normal, but something was off about her. and the son was severely mentally handicapped and was in a special chair. he could not speak, only screaming and yelling out unintelligible phrases. we let them in at the price of one adult. all my coworkers felt so sorry. the father led his blind wife and 2 handicapped children to the orientation film. i was stationed down there right after they went in. the son was yelling in the theater, much to the discomfort of the other visitors. so the father took him out and said some unintelligible phrases to him to calm him down.
i could not bring myself to look at them because of the amount of sorrow i was feeling. this man must go through tremendous amounts of stress. i wondered if he could even work because of the condition of his family.
and then, they came back a second day in a row, and stayed most of the day. i think they enjoyed it very much. and i'm glad they could enjoy the 2 days together at my work, they definitely deserve it. they deserve a lot more too.
i give extreme respect to that man for taking care of his entire family when they cannot do anything for themselves.
but i still feel the sadness.
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