Not fair? Oh, I'm sorry I get this lovely laptop computing device when all you get is the ability to walk, control your hands, and know you'll survive until your eighteenth birthday." Then the kid was going, "Uh, I didn't mean..." But Tad wasn't done yet. While the whole class watched in horror, he put his hands through the metal support braces on the arms of his wheelchair and forced himself to stand up. Then he took a shaky little step to the side, gestured toward the chair, and said, "Why don't you take a turn with the laptop? You can even have my seat.
Jordan SonnenblickInstead of agonizing about the things you can't change, why don't you try working on the things you can change
Jordan SonnenblickMr. Watras asked me whether I was practicing, and I told him I was practicing my tissue basketball skills.
Jordan SonnenblickIโll probably just stand in a corner, trying not to be noticed, until the decoration committee accidentally packs me into a box at the end of the night. There I will lie, crammed in between rolls of crepe paper, until the New Yearโs dance two months from now. Jeffrey thought about this for a moment and said, Wonโt they notice the box is too heavy when they go to put it away?
Jordan SonnenblickYou are a wonderful son, and a wonderful man. Yet another parent busting forth with the โmanโ thing! Iโd have to check my chest for signs of hair when I got home.
Jordan SonnenblickOh, good lord, Jeff. Don't go getting all emotional on me. I've been getting it from my mom, my dad, my sister, the freaking MAILMAN--I don't need it from you, too. All I ask is that you promise me one thing.' 'What?' 'Just water the plants while I'm gone, all right?' 'You don't have plants, Tad.' 'I know. I just always wanted to say that.
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