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From: Scott Palasik
Date: 01 Oct 2010
Time: 08:51:08 -0500
Remote Name: 131.95.172.211
Pam, First I would like to thank you for sharing your thoughts with me about your parents. Chronic sorrow, as you have experienced, is such a powerful thought process for parents of children with disabilities (in this case stuttering). Do you want to know the good news? We can take the first step...We CAN do this...The word "can" gives us options to choose from. Even if we just bring up the word "stuttering", that may open the door a little, and with each opening comes light from behind that door. Something I didn't include in this paper was more information about my father. He died this past April. We never really talked about my stuttering after that Christmas day, which I could feel bad about, however I don't. I believe he wanted to connect with me about it, however I also knew he didn't like it when he stuttered. I found this out because the last time I saw him (last Christmas) he was stuttering more than I had ever heard him stutter in my entire life. As he talked (and stuttered) he remarked twice, "Damn Stuttering!". Those two words and his actions of anger told me volumes about his life long struggle with stuttering and pain and suffering he refused to walk with...Funny what we can learn about our parents if we just take the time to listen (with our ears, eyes, and hearts). Pam, I truly thank you for sharing your story with me. Sharing is caring (old school philosophy yet a corner store of connecting with each other as fellow humans). Have a wonderful day! Scott