I have this sweet perfect nephew. His name is Kamden. He is a twin. His twin brother, Drake, will meet you at the door and want you to take him outside as soon as you get there. These two boys have completely stolen my heart from the moment they were born.
To take you back to that day, The boys were born at 29 weeks, there mommy was very sick and there was no other choice. Both boys were born around 3lbs. After weeks in the hospital Drake was able to come home, but my sweet Kamden still needed a few weeks. The doctors mentioned that Kam had stroke while he was still the womb. He would need lots of rehab.
Flash forward to July 2014, there mom welcomed a new baby into the family, Reece. He is perfect and everyone that comes to see the new baby says the same thing. But it bugs me. They come to see him and say he's perfect but then ask question after question about Kam. Will he ever walk? Will he always be delayed? etc. Some of these questions are easy to answer. Like, Yes, he will walk one day and he knows just as many words as his brother. After reading this book, I was able to relate in many ways. When were out, people notice and stare, that Kam is 2 and doesn't walk, they notice that he doesn't use his left arm like he should, and yes, if you look at him close you will see that one eye may go to the side from time to time. My thoughts after reading this story is that once he enters school, kids are going to notice, and that hurts me. To me Kamden is beautiful. When he laughs it brings tears to my eyes because I know we could have lost him several times. I can related to how Auggie's family must have felt.The stares, the questions. I love how this story ended because the students truly accepted him and I hope that as a teacher I create a classroom that is accepting of any differences.
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