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| Sara and her buddy, Sarah... |
Yesterday Sara and her buddy participated in an all day training to become an Ambassador for the Best Buddies program. She was assigned her own speech writer and they spent the afternoon talking and co-writing a speech. They talked about what qualities Sara possessed and what Best Buddies means to her.
Here is her speech:
My name is Sara , and I am from Houston, Texas. I have been in Best Buddies for 6 years, and now I am a Best Buddies Ambassador.
My favourite quote is “What makes you different is what makes you beautiful”.
Being a best buddy is one of the things that makes me different.
Best Buddies teaches us to celebrate the small things. To find the happy in something simple- like going to get a yogurt with a friend, or catching a movie on a rainy Saturday afternoon.
Best Buddies also teaches us about honesty and good character. I see people for who they are on the inside. I don’t care about what clothes someone wears or how they dance, as long as they are a nice person.
I have Down Syndrome. It’s what makes me different, but it’s also what makes me beautiful. It makes me happy to meet other people that are like me and to show other people that we are really not that different.
My name is Sara, and I’d like for each of you to think about what makes you different, and what makes you beautiful.
Thank you for seeing the beauty in me!
A HUGE part of what inspired this speech is the work that Sara is doing with The Happy Soul Project. The signs we create are so much more than just sayings painted on wood- they are heartfelt reminders of how Sara chooses to live her life, with happy, celebrating differences, and being a real friend. Sara understands the key to living a happy life- live in the moment, celebrate the small things, and seeing people for who they really are.
Her differences make her downright beautiful...
Sara is a beautiful soul. Thank you for sharing a small part of her with all of us through your blog. She is a little bit of sunshine on the rainy days I'm currently going through.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry you are experiencing the rain. I'm going through a patch myself, but this girl- she makes my heart lighter. So glad that sharing her story is helping :)
Deletelike we tell our boys all the time: different is good and how boring would the world be if we were all the same. thank you for reminding everyone to celebrate both our differences and our perfection in the way the good Lord made each of us in His eyes. I've been doing some soul work lately and had a very good friend of mine say this to me and it has resonated deep within my heart...she said "you are already enough." don't know why I just shared that but my heart told me to... :) not sure if that's for you or maybe for Chrissi but either way...hope you both have a lovely day.
ReplyDeleteI so needed to hear that! I am already enough. We all are- yet we go about our lives "improving" "changing" etc. Thanks for the reminder!
DeleteIf only there were more people like your Sara in the world it would be a much better place. I love her quote. "What makes you different is what makes you beautiful." That is so true. You should make that into a sign and a sign that reads "you are already enough." I am forever trying to improve myself and for what because I am already enough! Thank you for the reminder Nancy and thank you for sharing your sweet girl with us.
ReplyDeleteExactly. She gets it while the rest of us are reading self help books and seeing therapists! I love the you are already enough sign idea. We are so doing that!!
DeleteLove Love Love...Just catching up on your blog post lately....
ReplyDeleteOh My. Sara is smarter than most people. She's a beautiful young lady inside and out that's a given.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful speech