This blog is for people like me. People who want everyone to know that their son or daughter just is who he is. William is just William, just like his sisters, Kate and Claire, are just Kate and Claire.
I live in Malaysia. My children live on their own half-way around the world. The people with whom I interact have a hard time imagining that I have children. Everyone I have met here is curious about William. I am glad they are curious.
People like to put things that they don’t understand into nice neat “THEY”packages. People do this with William. When people see a picture of William, he fits into a THEY package. Then people can tell me how “THEY” have open hearts; “THEY” are so calm and passive; “THEY” are so easy going.
I want to blurt William out– he is not that different. I want to tell them all at once in one conversation that they need to erase their pre-conceived notions about who he is. But I can’t do that, can I?
People can share my perspective, or laugh, or disagree, or not. Everyone else can sit on the sidelines and try to understand something that is difficult to understand unless you have had a similar experience. Maybe you will see that my journey with William has not been much different than raising any other child, maybe not.
The Truth about William 