Lemon Pledge has more lemons than Country Time Lemonade.

I could not think of a good title, and that is a random (not reliable) fact I found on Google. Please do not take this statement as an encouragement to drink furniture polish, or to clean house with a summertime beverage.

I am very tired. I helped a lot of people with their paintings today. I think I got nine paintings, and about three that are going to be okay for submission. Yay! I will hopefully be able to get some more paintings and drawings next week. I am so blessed with this opportunity to work with people that have mental and physical challenges. I am learning so much from these people. I absolutely love what I am doing! There are so many stigmas about people with mental retardation. I took a class a few semesters ago that was mostly about labeling theory. We as humans do not know how to react or respond to a person until we first place a label. Hmmm...but what happens when the label that is placed is not correct? We continue to live in ignorance. I was a little hesitant my first day, because I have never worked with people that have mental or physical challenges. I quickly realized that they are people, just like me. I knew this all along, but this experience has opened my eyes. Actually sitting down and spending time with a person that seems so different from me made me realize that there really aren't that many differences. Every person has a different perspective, and different ways of expressing those perspectives. I feel so thankful that I can sit with these people and learn about them, and that they allow me to come into their lives, their work or school or mealtime or fun time. Every person has a story to tell, and I am fortunate enough to get to sit and listen and learn.....