{"id":112348,"date":"2023-01-03T17:39:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T22:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/?p=112348"},"modified":"2023-01-03T18:56:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T23:56:58","slug":"special-post-hope-will-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/03\/special-post-hope-will-read\/","title":{"rendered":"A special post I hope you will read&#8230;&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, every now and then you see something that both pulls at your heartstrings and makes you so angry at the same time. Well, recently one night when\u00a0I couldn&#8217;t sleep (most nights),\u00a0 I came across this video of the sweetest little girl,\u00a0Adriel Carignan, who suffers from spina bifida, is paralyzed from the waist down and bound to a wheelchair. She was made to be a mere bystander at her school&#8217;s Christmas concert. Her father was working and her mother was under the weather that night. A relative had gotten there to witness what happened.<\/p>\n<p>Sweet little Adriel\u00a0 was clearly and blatantly left out of the circle and festivities and was not made to feel a part of the Christmas concert at all. If this doesn&#8217;t just break your heart, what does. As if, she doesn&#8217;t\u00a0 have it hard enough. SHAME ON THIS MUSIC TEACHER!!!! It is no wonder this video started spreading. This is only a small excerpt but I was unable to download the longer version. This is disabilities discrimination\u00a0if I ever saw it but for the victim to be such a young innocent child on full display inside an auditorium is sinful! I wished I could have reached through this video and been able to give her a big hug:)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tdGwEKcRrAw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen title=\"little girl in wheelchair gets ignored &amp; excluded from activities as teacher sings dances beside her\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There needs to be <em>accountability<\/em>,\u00a0 we need to be able to get angry and express ourselves when we see such a wrong being committed. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. The entire little concert went on this way, with her just sitting by the wayside not having<em> any<\/em> part in this concert. And yes, I am also equally angry at any parent in attendance standing by watching this unbelievable act of discrimination against sweet little Adriel.<\/p>\n<p>You know, if this was done by a child you <em>might<\/em> try to wrap your brain around it, but to be done and in such an obvious way, by a teacher is unconscionable . Any school administrator with an iota of a brain not only would have included her but made a point to make her feel <em>extra special<\/em>, maybe she could have been dressed in something festive or be given bells to ring, <em>something! <\/em>Surely she could\u00a0have easily\u00a0been part of that circle!<\/p>\n<p>I could not sleep after seeing this and can be like a dog with a bone when I cannot let something go. So,\u00a0 \u00a0I spent hours and hours trying to track down where this took place, who this darling girl belonged to and wouldn&#8217;t you know, yours truly (who does not give up easily) found all the information I needed at 3am!\u00a0 Some good things <em>do<\/em> happen in the middle of the night! I have the teachers name and the superintendents as well. Shame on them both. I believe it was Mark Twain who said something along the lines of &#8220;when you do the right thing, it will satisfy some and astonish others&#8221;. You think <em>one<\/em> person might have thought to do the\u00a0right thing that night.<\/p>\n<p>I have since connected with and had a lovely conversation with her father, Micah and we both expressed our outrage at what happened. We spoke for about 20 min and he told me a little about his sweet daughter who is a big sister to a 9 month baby brother. He was so nice and so grateful for my concern and willingness to help. He is handling things on his own and its not my place to speak on that but the meantime, when I told him I <em>needed<\/em> to do something and wanted to send a gift to Adriel.<\/p>\n<p>I then asked him if they as a family,\u00a0 needed anything and\u00a0 he mentioned a\u00a0new go fund me page to raise money for\u00a0an electric\/off road wheel chair\u00a0for Adriel was just established and of course,\u00a0 I told him I would be honored to share this info and\u00a0 would love to spread the word, to show him how good people can\u00a0be!!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gofund.me\/a2352318\"><strong><em>Click here to make a donation towards Adriel getting her off road wheelchair! (no amount is too small!)<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gofund.me\/a2352318\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-112357\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.06.10-PM-1024x685.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"894\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.06.10-PM-1024x685.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.06.10-PM-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.06.10-PM-768x514.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 894px) 100vw, 894px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also need to include the heartwarming approach that this small New Hampshire community took after hearing what had happened\u00a0at the school. It really does redeem your faith in humanity. The entire community got together at the foot of the family&#8217;s driveway to hold an intimate Christmas concert\u00a0of their own, dedicated to Adriel and the theme was &#8220;you belong&#8221;. They have more common sense and kindness than the entire school district of Lisbon Regional! She was given lots of hugs and attention and some of the officers present gave her gifts&#8230;this made my heart so happy, and just look at her smile!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Here are some heartwarming images from the beautiful community concert they threw in-her honor and some of the officers who came bearing gifts, a beautiful example of &#8220;It really does take a village&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-112355 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.17-PM-1024x816.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.17-PM-1024x816.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.17-PM-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.17-PM-768x612.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.17-PM.png 1210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-112352 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.35-PM-1024x784.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.35-PM-1024x784.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.35-PM-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.35-PM-768x588.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.35-PM.png 1196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-112353\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.29-PM-1024x748.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.29-PM-1024x748.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.29-PM-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.29-PM-768x561.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.29-PM.png 1304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-112354\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.24-PM-1024x754.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.24-PM-1024x754.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.24-PM-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.24-PM-768x565.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.24-PM.png 1312w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-112349\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.58-PM-1024x788.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.58-PM-1024x788.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.58-PM-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.58-PM-768x591.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.58-PM.png 1226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-112350\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.52-PM-1024x795.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.52-PM-1024x795.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.52-PM-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.52-PM-768x596.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.52-PM.png 1232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-112351\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.45-PM-1024x766.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.45-PM-1024x766.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.45-PM-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.45-PM-768x575.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-03-at-5.00.45-PM.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I am so glad I wrote this post. I had to. Granted, it doesn&#8217;t take much lately for me to get emotional but this just had me seething. I couldn&#8217;t get the image of that sweet little angel just sitting there not being included as the ignorant music teacher carried on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I know this will not change what happened but I do believe in bringing awareness to wrongdoings. I also believe in showing the goodness of humanity and I want to show Adriel and her family that people care. I am lucky to have a platform and I will use it when I feel passionate about something. I have only done something like this a few times, but this was too important to not share!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Thanks for stopping by and reading. If you care to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-adriel-receive-an-offroad-wheelchair?qid=b4eb97421495ce922cd6dc964d3202db\"><strong>donate to her wheelchair fund, click here<\/strong><\/a><\/em>. Thank you in advance. Until next time&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51533\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/besttina.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/besttina.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/besttina-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/besttina-768x286.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/besttina-500x186.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-111236\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-05-at-2.46.11-PM-183x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Love you Mom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, every now and then you see something that both pulls at your heartstrings and makes you so angry at the same time. Well, recently one night when\u00a0I couldn&#8217;t sleep (most nights),\u00a0 I came across this video of the sweetest little girl,\u00a0Adriel Carignan, who suffers from spina bifida, is paralyzed from the waist down [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4311,4309,4310],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112348"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112348"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112370,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112348\/revisions\/112370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}