Responsibility

We all have responsibilities.

Mine include work, school, an internship that allows me the privileged of working with special children, bills, and those close to me.

This list of responsibilities is tangible, physical, and demanding of my attention and they are literally right in front of me.

The question beyond that is if we have knowledge, if we know suffering exists, if our hearts our opened, is that too a responsibility? Should Dmitriy, and others like him, be on that list?

I know where Dmitriy is (although I will only say he is in Eastern Europe).

More importantly I know where Dmitriy is going if he is transferred.

It is a place not designed for a little boy who can't see. No one has educated him on how to navigate his surroundings.

No one has taught him to keep his hand to the wall in new places so he won't get lost.

Or how to create a pattern of circles if he drops something and can't find it (so he doesn't spend hours searching the same area).

No one has defined his environment for him, taken the time to let him feel each object while explaining its purpose and meaning.

No one has taken the time to be Dmitriy's eyes.

In a different post, on a different day, I will tell you my fears for Dmitriy but for now I take on the responsibility of this knowledge, of this adorable little boy.