A question from Kyleigh

"Why doesn't she (Ali) have a wheelchair?" asked Kyleigh this morning during journal writing time.

This of course led to a discussion about what caused her disability. As a follow-up she said, "I feel mad at at the doctors."

Then she went on to tell me about a friend at school who also uses a wheelchair. "My girl friend wears mittens everyday. I feel disappointed."

I'm not sure what these mittens are she is talking about...maybe some kind of therapy glove or perhaps even a cast because of surgery. She said that her fingers stick out of the mittens, but she was concerned that she has to wear them all the time.

I never thought this journal writing would bring up such thought provoking conversation.