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<blockquote data-quote="Tanya M" data-source="post: 647288" data-attributes="member: 18516"><p>[USER=135]@muttmeister[/USER] , How very special that you offered to help. I think sometime other people see that someone may need some help but they don't reach out for many different reasons I'm sure. Some are trul just self absorbed and cannot be put out while others may want to but just don't have the courage to speak up. Bless you for being someone who is willing to help and to speak up.</p><p></p><p>[USER=805]@LittleDudesMom[/USER] , You are also one of those special people who are willing to help. What a blessing you were to that woman.</p><p></p><p>I am very empathetic to other people. One day I was at the grocery store and there was a woman with her daughter, the daughter was a teenager and was very special needs, she had some physical attributes of looking crippled in her arms/hands and she would utter some kind of noise. I was coming down and aisle towards them and as I always do when I see someone like this girl I looked directly into her eyes, smiled at her and said hello. She got so excited and was smiling back at me. The mother stopped me and said "Thank You for acknowledging my daughter, you made her very happy" I chatted with the mom for a moment and she told me that most people just point and stare. She told me her daughter has a severe form of cerebral palsy. I asked the woman if I could hug her daughter and she got tears in her eyes and said yes, she would really like that. While this was going on other shoppers walked by doing exactly what the mom had said, pointing and staring.</p><p></p><p>It only takes a moment to show you care.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tanya M, post: 647288, member: 18516"] [USER=135]@muttmeister[/USER] , How very special that you offered to help. I think sometime other people see that someone may need some help but they don't reach out for many different reasons I'm sure. Some are trul just self absorbed and cannot be put out while others may want to but just don't have the courage to speak up. Bless you for being someone who is willing to help and to speak up. [USER=805]@LittleDudesMom[/USER] , You are also one of those special people who are willing to help. What a blessing you were to that woman. I am very empathetic to other people. One day I was at the grocery store and there was a woman with her daughter, the daughter was a teenager and was very special needs, she had some physical attributes of looking crippled in her arms/hands and she would utter some kind of noise. I was coming down and aisle towards them and as I always do when I see someone like this girl I looked directly into her eyes, smiled at her and said hello. She got so excited and was smiling back at me. The mother stopped me and said "Thank You for acknowledging my daughter, you made her very happy" I chatted with the mom for a moment and she told me that most people just point and stare. She told me her daughter has a severe form of cerebral palsy. I asked the woman if I could hug her daughter and she got tears in her eyes and said yes, she would really like that. While this was going on other shoppers walked by doing exactly what the mom had said, pointing and staring. It only takes a moment to show you care. [/QUOTE]
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