Nobody's Perfect

I just finished up my stuttering group, which is very special to me. Working with stutterers is much like being a counselor. We talk a lot about our feelings because usually, kids are pretty harsh and make fun of stutterers.

I have these young kids, I refer to as Strong Arm and Cannibal. Cannibal began telling me about his recent TV show watching. He starts talking about fighting and asking me a TON of questions about fighting. Then Strong Arm talks about how she's going to fight some girl after school. Strong Arm is THE nicest girl, so sweet, and would NEVER hurt a soul, so I don't know WHAT she was talking about. I think she just wanted to be a part of the conversation.

Cannibal continues and it ends up he got all of this knowledge about fighting, form America's Most Wanted. Yeesh, c'mon parents. Then we talked all about what the guy should've done in the show and what they should do in that kind of situation. Fighting is bad, blah blah. So of course I turned this conversation into a productive stuttering situation. Cannibal asked if they could act it out. I changed it to, a bully making fun of their stuttering, and they had to figure out how to respond. I gave them tips for come-backs, like "Everyone stutters sometimes" or "I may have bumpy speech, but I know there's some things that I'm good at, and you're not" or "Nobody's perfect. Are you perfect?"

Then Strong Arm responds, "No one is perfect?" I said, "Nope. There's not a single person on this planet who is perfect." Cannibal jumps in, "Well God is perfect." Of course I was surprised with that response since all he talks about is fighting and watching bad shows. Strong Arm continues, "God is perfect, Baby Jesus, AND Jesus." Oh this is interesting. Cannibal replies, "Baby Jesus and Jesus are the same thing." Strong Arm argues, "No, you have Baby Jesus who was perfect. Then you have a grown up who was also a Jesus." I thought people just got confused with God, Holy Spirit, and Jesus connection, never would I have thought to clarify Baby Jesus and Jesus. What a conversation, we began with America's Most Wanted and ended with Baby Jesus.

Dear eight pound six ounce newborn Baby Jesus,

Lindsey