A Mother's Story
A Mother’s Story…Learning, Accepting, Embracing This work is reprinted with permission from the American Society for Deaf Children, Endeavor Fall 2017. by Sharon Lynn Clark, mother of SJC A few weeks ago, I was sitting at one of the tables at the YMCA here in Frederick sharing a hummus and pretzel container with my daughter who turned 6 on March 22. She was having a ‘six-year-old moment’ where she had only feisty, contrary comments to make. For example, as I was looking for a spoon in my purse to eat the rest of our hummus, I realized that I didn’t have one, and she said, “I knew you didn’t have one.” A few minutes later I saw that a few tables away from us was a woman tutoring a small child. I told my daughter, SJC, the woman was teaching the child and that Mommy does that, too. My child responded with, “She’s better.” I decided to engage and asked her, “How do you know that she’s better - maybe I am.” SJC said , “No.” Conversation over. A few minutes later she ...