Normal Interaction

     First I want to start off by saying that I truly enjoyed last class.  It was my first week being back since we switched up groups a little bit to read parts of the play, "The Boys Next Door."  And I was in a great group, with great interaction with the text.  Furthermore, I enjoyed having that girl join our class who is in the theater department.  I feel horrible but I forgot her name, but she did a wonderful job of explaining the play in more detail and expressing the way she felt about it.  I could feel her enthusiasm and heart for this text and I saw it all over her face.  I think that kind of passion for literature in theater is fantastic.
     Moreover, also, after hearing some of my classmates express their hearts and thoughts about the text, really opened my eyes to different ways of thinking about it or even if a person thought the same way as me, it was still encouraging to know that I was not the only one to feel a certain way.  There were three people in the class that day that really touched my heart.  Chris, Sterling and Kristen.  Chris said that he previously worked with people who had disabilities and really enjoyed the interaction with them and that helped him understand the text more.  Sterling has a sister that is disabled and he spoke a little about it in class and I started to cry hearing about his sister's story and growing up with her.  How there were lines in the text that he could just see his sister saying.  Also, Kristen has a little girl cousin that also has a disability and hearing her story as well was so touching.  I started to cry listening because my heart has such a big place for children and men and woman who are disabled.
     Even re-reading the text after having our discussion time on Tuesday helped me even more.  I think it is safe for me to say that this is one of the most enjoyable things we have done this semester.  I have loved it.  While re-reading parts, I stood up and tried to kind of act it out and really take the time to visualize the situation and the interaction that Arnold, Lucien, Jack, Norman, Barry and all the other characters had through out this play.
     I feel as though I am able to really learn from this experience and use it in my future and that is something that will always be a part of my life.  This passion I have inside to work with people with disability is, I know, from God and I am going to put my passion into practice and do it all for the glory of the Lord.