To the wonderful mom I met today,
As we sat in line waiting for our
children to be let in to the Dinosaur Dig exhibit today, we shared
knowing glances as our boys raised their hands in excitement and
answered every question that the very patient narrator asked. We
understood each others need to physically back up our boys as it
seemed that with each question they got closer and closer to that
very patient narrator until we both thought they may knock her over!!
And I had to laugh when I made a comment to you that I would have to
assume that the very patient narrator must look forward to her
nightly drink after dealing with these kids all day and you said to
me, I know I do!!
What I did not expect is that you were
keeping your eye on my daughter, Eliza who has atypical Rett Syndrome
and you watched as her excitement grew and grew until she could not
barely contain herself any longer. As that very patient narrator
handed out the tools to each child for them to use in the exhibit you
must have noticed that I had planned on keeping my daughter with me
instead of letting her participate in the dig. Not something that I
would normally do, I had made that decision because when I purchased
the tickets for all three exhibits, they had told me that on this one
I could not participate in the dig with her and I was not sure if she
could manage it alone so I chose to not buy her a ticket. But as she
looked at me and said “me too!” “me too!” and I realized that
she could handle the dig alone you must have seen my despair because
what I didn't see you do was to walk behind me and go back upstairs
to the ticket counter and purchase a ticket for my daughter so that
she could participate along side all of the other children. I was so
thankful and so moved by your sensitivity and your generosity and I
just wanted to say thank you! Eliza had the time of her life!
