SO ... cody sobbed a lot yesterday. my camper(rusty) was absolutely amazing and i cried, a lot, after he left. so much i couldn't finish my lunch...so you know i'm serious!
first of all i knew i had him week 9 about 4 weeks ago. they gave him to me specifically becasue they knew i could handle it. the week started out with all the horror stories about how difficult he could be and that he broke a girls jaw the last time he was here, blah blah blah. "oh, he's so great, but..."
well yes, he happened to have fucked some people up the last time he was here but this time he didn't. i fuckin'love him. he is classic autism. all he needed was his schedule (over and over) and a good chunk of time to process information (you could actually see him processing it). the things that upset him were changes in the schedule. if he knows the pool was supposed to be next but it wasn't for whatever reason he gets really confused. and confusion brings frustration and frustration brings anger. this only happened twice and it was easily de-esculated. what an amazing man. he's 20, 5'4" and 170. the boy is solid. so strength wise yes he could bust a jaw. but he gives you warning. and its not like he runs at you. so i'm left feeling a little confused as to how he broke someones jaw 2 years ago.
"who's that man grinnin'.... is it rusty?"
yes rusty its you and now its me... thank you rusty. you reminded me how to do my job correctly and how to do it well. and reminded me how life feels so perfect when its done right.
love ~ cody tyler
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yeah for you and Rusty. I knew you could do this. if anyone. you.
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