Monday, October 25, 2010

Special needs bowling:)

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Well today could very well be one of the most rewarding days of my life. i LOVE special needs thats why i attend soemthing special needs related once every week. I feel like in my life thats sort of where god has called me to go because those are the people my heart longs to help. the people who cant help themselves. Who i go to teach or help but in the end wind up teaching me. the people that work through so many obsticles in life yet are the peole who christ is seen most eveidently in.  So today at the bowling alley i had three girls.. Dana, who couldnt hear and wasnt a big talker or even remotely social but yet kept a beauitful smile on her face all day long. Gena, who was like a parrot she repeated everything i said..if you dont believee that people dont hear what you say or what you say doesnt effects people. then have a go with Gena she's living proof that there are little ears out there. And last but not least Darichelle. Darichelle was by far my favorite (sorry but i picked a favorite frown on me if you must) but i was sooooo fascinated by her. she was amazing. at first glance she was to the naked eye... completely normal... but inside was a broken girl with so much pain in her past and so little incentive to pick up move on and live life. darichelle started out sweet and quaint.. but as time went on and she could see that i was falling in love with her and her story she opened up and let her life spill to me and her heart. Darichelle was born on december 20. she is 25 years old. and she hasnt always been handicap. she was born and raised in a christian home. she started out as a methodist and then converted to what she called a "babtist christian" hehe. (did i mention this chick said some funny stuff) then at 16 after her life had come to a chaotic mess of neverending pain and stress from her family, to school, to track, to being told she had no friends, to her mom telling ehr she was fat, Darichelle tried to take her own life. She pulled into the middle of an intersection and waited for a car to come and was eventually hit by a car in her drivers side door. Leaving her with exstensive brain damage, hair line fractured hip. metal plate in her head, glass scares covering her body. Darichelle was now state classified as "SPECIAL". her life never to be the same again. she was in the hospital for 3 months 3 weeks of that in a drug induced coma. And one year ago was diasognosed with bipolar disease i began to ask her why why did she do all this.. and she said i just didnt feel right in life soemthing wasnt right and i didnt want to be here anymore. But then she said but i guess im still here for a reason... YES! that was my chance jesus card here i come. i ask her do you know why your still here? she said no not really.. I said darichelle you have a purpose and reason in life, your here by miracle you being alive is proof that someone bigger than us wants you here to do something.. she said.. welll im just here to bowl... (I LAUGHED) but i said no do you know that no matter how bad you feel or if you feel like no one loves you.. guess what someone always does and always will... and she looked at me smiled and said oh yeah... JESUS. like the lightbulb in her head finally clicked that her childhood teachings of jesus really did apply .  Once off the deep subject of jesus and faith and her knowing she's loved she began to tell me her views on life friends and dating. so here are some of her funnier moments...
- me- "darichelle do you have a boyfriend?"
-darichelle "ooooo, HE** no! i dont date, boys are stupid and a wasssssttteee of time" "and besides....boys think im kinda.... weird..."
-"girls are soooo dramatic"
-"Like cry me a river"
-"once... my mom made me go on a diet! but i just told her.... NO i DONT WANNA BE A TWIG LIKE YOU MOMMMM!"

all in all she wound up telling me im her only true friend that she felt she could confied in. I really fell in love with this girl :)

so october 25... SUCCESS :)

3 comments:

  1. Ashley this is so amazing. This story really gets me. God has really gifted you in this area! You are so amazing! Keep up the good work! I love youuuuuu Asho :)

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  2. This is awesome, Krausse. It was cool to see you bond with Darichelle, I agree with The Hoff that God has specially gifted you to connect with people like Darichelle. Great story!

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  3. I cried when i read this story ... meeting her was awesome.. i hasd no idea the whole story till i read ur blog... I agree that you have a gift girl!

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