Word: johnã
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...John??s comment, as Glimcher remembered it, was to say dryly, “A million dollars is not an insignificant sum…But you know that this has nothing to do with...
...entire situation surrounding John??s e-mail is a misunderstanding and a miscommunication,” Reed said. “John is one of my good friends—the e-mail was merely misdirected and inappropriate...
...bathroom his groans became more emphatic. I opened the door and my mother wasn’t there. The bathtub was steaming more than the coffee my father said “burnt like hell” when he drank it too fast. All I could see was John??s head, bobbing back and forth in the steam, as he moaned in deep, monosyllabic tones the few words he knew: “no,” “stop,” “hot.” I reached into the steam and turned...
...irrational thought that John??s burnt shoulder might kill him confirmed that I loved him—the fear of losing him terrified me. Although we couldn’t play games or carry on conversations, we could make each other laugh. All I had to do was roll a blue rubber ball towards his contorted feet. All he had to do was poke me with his misshapen fingers...
...therein lies the problem. Exclusively associating “retarded” with stupidity and worthlessness paints the mentally handicapped as empty people free of emotion. By demeaning them, this language simultaneously trivializes the struggle of relatives who provide for their handicapped loved ones. If John??s life is so meaningless, why did my mother waste the last 24 years...