He Won!

So my boy got first prize in the World Book day dressing up competition. It would be an understatement to say he was really happy with himself. He may look a little smug in this picture, but actually his picture was taken before school, and just shows the crazy little smile he has right now. When I went to pick him up from school he came out of his classroom clutching his giant peach and his prize - a chocolate Easter egg. He said it had been the best day of his school life ever! We were all so pleased for him.

The whole story is that this little boy is really being very brave at the moment. His positive attitude is tested to the limits each day at school. He is beginning to see the effects of his disability, and just can't keep up with the other boys when they run around in the playground. He experiences pain and discomfort every day when he puts on and wears his shoes. The other children have also noticed, and they have started teasing him. It's heart breaking to see this happening. Tayler is truly fantastic, he smiles, and is incredibly forgiving, he just wants friends. He sees the bullying as just 'annoying', and hardly mentions it at all. We are communicating well with school, and they are helping him more at break time, and are keeping a close eye on him.

I really do feel his love of reading is helping him at the moment. He tries to read the scriptures daily, and we do our best as a family to have family study time after dinner. Tayler also loves the heroes he is reading about. Harry Potter is his latest favourite, and of course there's James and his giant peach. If ever there was a story about triumph over difficult circumstances it's the story of James. Tayler just wishes his peach were big enough to roll over the problems he has at school.