The Most Wonderful Day

On Saturday I went to my friend, Alex’s, bar mitzvah. It was one of the best days of my life. The service was one of the most beautiful things ever. He did something I would have thought impossible: he stood on stage for over two hours and was completely regulated the whole time. I really would never have thought that one of us could do that. 


The thing is, my body was completely relaxed the whole time. The energy in that synagogue was like nothing I ever have experienced before. Not kidding when I say this, but God was with us in that place. I have never felt that close to God before. The experience has changed me.

I have been thinking about my goals. I am looking at Alex and all he is doing, and it makes me believe I can do things too. I believe in myself now because of him. I am really smart, and now I want to get my diploma. I feel like I can do things now that I never thought I could because, taking medicine to calm down, has me in a great place. 

Alex so inspires me to try to do things I thought impossible. The thing I keep thinking is that he and Judy act like his disability doesn’t matter. They just plow ahead and do stuff fearlessly. So I am thinking now, maybe being disabled doesn’t matter as much as I thought it did. Maybe I can do things too. 

I am going to try.