Nora loves music. She responds to it very well. She loves to dance and she loves when people sing to her. When Nora is engaging in a music or dance activity, she normally gets pretty over stimulated. She laughs uncontrollably. She's doing crazy dance moves and jumping around. Oh boy, you should see the faces she makes. Music makes her so unbelievably happy.
Other than Nora's happy face, I notice other people's faces. They stare at her. At Kindermusik class- they stare at her. At dance class, they stare at her. I've thought to myself: "Caitlin, stop you're over thinking it. You're paranoid. No one is staring at her."
They are. When Nora is running around, flapping her arms and squealing...people stare. Sometimes they smile. Sometimes they laugh. Or sometimes they have that look on their face that just shows concern.
Don't get me wrong- I giggle. Sometimes she acts so goofy I have tears rolling down my face from laughing so hard.
There are times I catch another parent giving her this look of annoyance. I want to jump across the room and shake them and ask what the fuck their problem is. But I can't. I can't follow Nora around for her entire life ready to knock someone out for staring at her.
Sometimes I just have to remind myself that she's the coolest person I know and that it's okay to be different.
Someday I hope I no longer need reminders, and I just stop focusing on the ignorance in this world.
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