A Difficult Topic

Hypothetical situation:
(We'll call her) "Ally" and her sister (and possibly her baby brother) are autistic. Ally's mom has a developmental disability. HER three or four siblings do too. Ally's grandparents also have disabilities.
What do we do with a situation like that? How can we prevent such a strain on governmenal resources? Historically they used to (by government order) sterililize all children with disabilities, saying they did not want their genes to be passed on. Many might think this is a good way to go about it.
But think about the logic:
A person should be sterilized because they are not a fit parent. They woud basically be children raising children.
BUT then who's to say who is a fit parent? I know plenty of non-disabled adults who are unfit parents. So then say we stretch that out to include them. Then instead of an invasive sterilization we say "it is now illegal for anyone to reproduce who is not fit to be a parent." Now we will need a check list of all of the qualities that dictate a person is a "fit parent." Now we have to track down anyone wanting to become a parent, so that we can test to see if they are parent-capable. But then (woops) a teenager gets pregnant. Now what? Do we force abortions?
What kind of a world would that be? I can name a few countries that might be similar to...

So instead of that, OUR country does not discourge unfit people from having kids. They simply take the children away...and put them into group homes, where sitters change every few hours (many of these sitters hate their job). SO now a child spends the rest of his or her life sitting in a corner of the room rocking back and forth and drooling on themselves...
What can WE do.
I guess we're not called to fix the whole system.
I guess we are caled to love.
So maybe that's a good place to start.

Day two. MAN my head hurts

I met my student today! :) She is an absolute sweetheart! She came right up to me and put her face in mine and yelled. More like growled. Then she grabbed my hand and we were friends. She is completely non-verbal so far, but I think she's smart. I can see her actually processing things. It's really fun to discover the world through her eyes. Her senses are all really heightened so she hates noise, light, smells, strong tastes, and pulls away if I touch her hand unexpectedly. She loves music and I can hear her humming sometimes. She hates to eat anything but candy, but she actually ate half a chicken patty today. Many teachers were impressed. We had a really good day, and I am excited for tomorrow.
Now for the news:
Before Rosa got there, the principal pulled me aside to ask me a question. She wanted to know if I would be interested in an afteroon sub job, from 1:30 to 6pm. I would basically be helping kids with homework, playing games with them, and helping out with administrative duties from time to time (like imputting attendance). Since my Aide job only goes to 12:30, that works perfectly. God is good! :) I knew He wanted me to take this Laton job, but I knew by al worldly standards it was the inferior job. God knew.
Now my predicament:
I still work for an elderly lady, running errands and fixing miscellaneous things around her house 6 hours a week (M, W, F). I have already moved that to after 1:30, and with this afternoon job out in Laton, I would not be able to get back into town until after 7:30. I could go straight there and shop for her, but that would mean I get home around 10. Not gonna go over well, being married and all.
So I talked to MV today to let her know my predicament, and we decided that I would start coming only twice a week (probably t, th), and I would stay for only an hour. She would have to have her grocery list ready in advance so we don't waste time getting it put together. She wil also save a great deal of money this way.
My ony concern is that that still gives me two 11 hour days a week. DO I want to do that? Maybe for now. Maybe this is just a season of saving. I will not always work, so maybe it's ok for now.
We'll see.
Time for a nap. I'm exhausted.

New Job Day One

So today was the day. I'm amazed I slept! I have been so nervous anticipating my first day at Laton Elementary. And I have been dreading the thought of waking up at 6am. I am NOT a morning person. Just ask Caleb.
Anyways, so I got to school in pretty good time, without too much traffic, and I went to the office. The principal wanted me to wait a few minutes for my student to arrive...and about 15 minutes later the office got a call from my kid's mother saying they were "sick".
DAHH!
SO my first day went alright. I accustomed myself to the room, looked at some of her assignments, helped tutor a little gorl with some math, and helped with lunch duty. The kids were great. I kept having little girls run up to me and ask me my name. One of them ran up to me and gave me the "cheese touch". Luckily I just watched "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" two days ago so I knew what they were talking about. Another girl told me to give it to her. I helped walk them to the playground. I was the caboose of the line and got to talk to a few of the students. One girl asked me if I got paid to walk at the back of the line. They were fun.
So tomorrow I meet Rosa.
Off to study up on Autism education.