I watched him leave the orphanage today It is unlikely we will meet again. He would spend countless hours building objects with an old Lego set. Mostly spaceships, never skyscrapers. He told me they were too hard for him.
What was hard he could not understand. Un-accepting parents who could not see the astounding beauty that his scrambled chromosomes and forever childβs soul possessed. Nor did he know why the other children stayed clear of him. Not comprehending his gentle ways, His only blessing from the angels.
The system had slowly spun its complete cycle. Foster homes special schools came and went. He had seen them all. Eleven years old and feeling lost and forgotten. As old as a senior citizen.
They moved him to a home for the mentally challenged this morning. I heard the nurse say to the social worker. βHe will be better off there we canβt handle them here when they get to be older. And we just don't have the budgetβ
He quietly smiled softly as he left A resigned look on his innocent face Wishing only to be Reassured that the new place had a Lego set.
To all those with The Chromosome of Downs Syndrome Blessings Jude