This image may not look much. It may look very simple and plain. But this image means more to me than any other image I have ever uploaded.
You see, this is my oldest son. He is 7 years old. For the first five years of his life he had virtually no hearing at all. It took five years of pleading for help before someobdy listened and when they took action. he heard almost for the first time in his life.
He heard noises he had never heard before. A simple ambulance siren previously would send him screaming into the house....noises hurt him badly. We couldn't go to fireworks, have smoke alarms or even wash the windows. It would hurt him.
And then finally someone listened to my please and he could hear for the first time. His head nearly fell off with turning to all these new sounds in the world around him. He previously never had friends and was beaten up daily by other boys because of his problem. He wouldn't dance, but instead would fall down in a crying heap. He couldn't hop on one leg. He was always falling down. He wouldn't get up in front of people....because he couldn't hear them. If I ever went to a performance by his class he would sit on the ground and not move. The school had to sneak me in and hide me so I could see a bit of the performance...but he always knew and wouldn't perform with his class. It would break my heart to see him just scrunched up in a heap. He couldn't handle wide open spaces or playing with other children.
The day I took this photo I was photographing the children playing. Nikolas did something he was proud of. He didn't know I was watching him. He started dancing and I caught it on camera. He was singing and dancing his steps in the light of the rising sun. He was happy. He had the world at his feet. He is now the top of his class.
We now have to get him fixed every few months.....but it is worth it.
What a bittersweet, heartwrenching story - as a Mama I cannot begin to imagine how painful it must have been to see you beautiful son being hampered and no-one wanting to 'hear' YOU!
Thanks for sharing the story behind this magic photo.
Oh Jeez, This photo and the story behind it brought tears to my eyes. (And I'm at work)!
I'm rushing home now to celebrate my youngest son's 6 th birthday, and will give a little thank you prayer that he hasn't had to go through difficulties like your son Judi.
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Well, even if this didn't have that emotional story to go along with it. ..it is. ..on it's own. . .a beautiful photo that stands out and draws you into it. There is nothing plain or ordinary about it. But its story brought tears to my eyes and makes the photo all the more outstanding! It makes my heart dance too to see him dancing like that! I pray he continues to grow and feel a joyous part of the world he is surrounded by!!! Thank you for sharing not only the photo. . .but the story behind it and why it is so special!
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