Travels through Life by Millie Jackson

VOICE

I look at her and see the sadness in her eyes and the questions she can never ask because she can’t speak. The simple things we take for granted every day, she was different. No one wanted her. They didn’t want to be bothered. Too busy with their own lives to deal with her. She has the sweetest smile and loves to give hugs and the least thing can make her happy. She loves meeting people, and thinks that everybody is her friend.

I see the questions in her eyes when other mothers come to visit and family members. The sadness in her eyes because no one ever comes to see her or to spend a Sunday or to take her out to eat or to send a card. I see the sadness in her eyes and the not understanding why.

She loves to set outside and think. I wish sometimes I could read her mind and would like to know what she’s feeling. She has taught me so much about life in the simplest forms. That little things that can make her smile and she can return love without expecting something in return. That she can see a flower in bloom and smile. The things we take for granted mean so much to her. To be around her is to see a world in a whole new way.

We get so caught up in the world that we forget the simple things that look in through her eyes. I have learned to appreciate the world and its beauty more. She in her own way has taught me more about life in her silence and love of life than anyone who talks. It is simple for her to love and trust. She doesn’t have all the hang-ups of the world; her world is simple. She doesn’t dream of setting the world on fire or building big houses or bank accounts. It’s simpler to her to take each day as it comes, don’t complicate it for her. It confuses her. Keep it simple.

Oh how I wish I for one had learned that lesson sooner. She has so much to give and teach us humans. I can only feel sorry for the ones who miss knowing her. They missed out on so much. God sent a silent witness that without a word has taught me about life.