Sarah-Hope had a remarkable woman, Faye Amorosino, as her facilitator in her Grade 1 After the first five months with her, she wrote the following about Sarah-Hope:
Meet Sarah-Hope.
7 years old with a sincere love for bunnies and horses.
She
handles her wheelchair better than any race-car driver and although she
may struggle with some daily stresses, she is very, very brave.
She loves reading and surprises.
When you first meet her, she speaks in an almost adult kind of way, like matter-of-fact and to-the-point.
But
if she senses some genuine part in you, you may have the pleasure of
hearing the quietly spoken (and sometimes sarcastic) jokes.
Her world is different. It requires a lot more inner strength than most 7-year-olds her age.
There
are some days when I can feel her fear, and other days when I am swept
into the blissful joy of an innocent child's delight.
Sarah-Hope
has been my focus for the last few months as I have taken on the role
of an educational facilitator at a phenomenal 'inclusive' school in
Pinelands, Cape Town.
Sarah-Hope has been teaching me about what HOPE is.
Our lives so often feel like one big, blurry, rushed and chaotic cloud of not-enough-time dissatisfaction.
But we can change all of that.
Sarah-Hope is challenging me. Daily.
And I'm so grateful to have met her.
So proud that I get to assist her.
So humbled by her story.
