Apologies if this story has already made it to you – I think it’s made it beyond the local news to places like Huffington Post.
Start with the original post by a mother who took her autistic daughter to the Muses parade and had some terrible things happen. Read the comments and watch the outpouring not only of love and empathy, but of people actively working to make it better.
Then enjoy this news clip that showcased what happened as a result.
When I hopped on Facebook for the first time this evening, I could see the train of posts from people I know who were part of the magic, and their own personal photo albums of the special event.
I love this city and the people who live here, and I love the Muses.
I hope you’ll take the time to click and read and watch if you missed this heartwarming story.
And since I always like to post a photo with my blog entries, in honor of the Muses and their shoes, I’ll include a photo of the shoes my mom and I wore on Mardi Gras day. Complete with cat.
Thanks for sharing this incredibly touching story…
So glad you enjoyed. There are so many people who do beautiful things.
Aww I would have missed it Carla. Thanks for sharing. Very touching indeed.
So glad you enjoyed!
Love all the pictures and especially when you have your cat in there… good story.
Yes – he’s by my side right now . . . sweet cat!
There is so much beauty in the world that often gets overlooked in the dust.. thank you for sharing this..
Love the shoes…the pink ones are cute as can be!
-lynne-
So glad to share it – happy it spoke to you!
Thanks for sharing. I want to comment but it’s difficult through the tears. My daughter is a behavioral specialist and is at this moment with an autistic child and his mother snow tubing! The unfortunate thing is that these 20 somethings will soon grow up. We can only hope there will be more people like the Muses in this world.
I want to believe that for that young man, it was mostly the alcohol talking. I’m hoping that in the light of day, he is upset with his behavior and sorry. We all have our dark and light sides and when we demonize those who are showing their dark sides we give them no room to come back into the light. (Not that you are doing this by any means – your comment just made me begin to think…)
Thank you for your thoughtful comment and I hope your daughter had a lovely day today – what important work she’s doing!
You have a great heart Carla. Being a domestic violence counselor I know of too many who will never come back into the light. Less than 1% of abusers can be rehabilitated. Remember, alcohol only strips our inhibitions and shows the true soul.
This is a solid point, and so tragic. Hopefully we can all keep working to end the cycle of abuse, while protecting ourselves and taking care of each other. You are doing such important work!
I love that so many good things came out of such a miserable experience. Here’s hoping that girl rocks Mardi Gras next year!
Yes – I hope so! We’ve been so lucky with parades -it’s very rare that we run into any bad behavior at all- people are generous and share their bounty with the strangers standing next to them. I hope that will be the experience of this family next year! And everyone else, for that matter!
Although it makes your heart burn with hurt, indignation, anger at such callous (to put it mildly) behaviour as that of the young man, it is so very heartening to read all the outpouring of love and kindness. It goes a long way in restoring one’s faith in humanity, doesn’t it?
Thank you for sharing this story. I read it with my son who was equally impressed. It is a lesson to all of us to be more mindful of our actions and words.
I’m glad you both enjoyed it. What we say can have such an impact! So good to be reminded.
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Click back to their link for more great media coverage of this happy story!
Love the sneakers Carla!
Carla, thanks for providing this follow-up and the link to the original article.
Glad you enjoyed!