Last Friday i was working at an elementary school playday, i was coordinating one of the obsticle course stations. This class came along and a little girl caught my eye. she was about 3rd grade. she had freckles, shoulder length strawberry blonde hair, and i noticed above her eyebrows was.... a spot of vitiligo. This is my first time in my whole entire life seeing someone in person with vit. i was afraid to talk to her because i didnt ant to embarass her, so i didnt. Meanwhile i was in shorts and a tank top because it was hot outside, and every kid that would come to my station would look down at my knees, then my face. i didnt think much of because they are little jids and dont know what it is, or that staring is usualy rude. I can imagine how many kids come up to her and ask what it is, or whats wrong with her. then i noticed that she wasnt talking to anyone in her class, meanwhile everyones talking about. i didnt say a word to her. i wish i would have. I dont know if she knows what her spots are, or if she noticed mine. i hope she did because then she will know shes not alone. i wish i woud have talked to her or at least asked for hr name. im going to regret this. I could have said one word to her. but i didnt. if i see her again i will talk to her, get on wordin. her face is tatooed into my head i will never forget it. I hope she will fully understand her vit if she doesent already. to cope with it the best she can. I hope i see her again.
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next time, just make eye contact.... point to your spot(s) and give the thumbs up and smile. if they smile back, great, if not... no worries, move it. ; -)
u never know, u might make a new friend (who's looking for someone like them). ;-)
Heather Dixon > Marty BlackEagle-CarlJune 22, 2011 at 10:58am
i will do that next time :) i was scared of embarasing her in front of her friends, so i didnt say anything
a few month ago when I just found out I got vitiligo, one day I saw a friend by accident that I hadn’t seen him for a long time, he had a white spot on his forehead he never had before and he didn’t know what it was, I told him its vitiligo and explained about that and offered him to go and see a doctor. He went to a derm and the derm gave him some medicine, fortunately it worked and now the spot is gone.
I always feel the urge to talk to other people I may see in public who also have Vitiligo but I haven't ever done this so far. I'm always afraid to piss them off or offend them in some way, yet I have a strong urge to connect with them - just to say "Look, I'm like you, I know how you feel, I have the same fears and I have to deal with the same ignorance out there". Maybe I'll actually take the chance next time and walk up to a stranger with Vit and say something.
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next time, just make eye contact.... point to your spot(s) and give the thumbs up and smile. if they smile back, great, if not... no worries, move it. ; -)
u never know, u might make a new friend (who's looking for someone like them). ;-)
i will do that next time :) i was scared of embarasing her in front of her friends, so i didnt say anything
a few month ago when I just found out I got vitiligo, one day I saw a friend by accident that I hadn’t seen him for a long time, he had a white spot on his forehead he never had before and he didn’t know what it was, I told him its vitiligo and explained about that and offered him to go and see a doctor. He went to a derm and the derm gave him some medicine, fortunately it worked and now the spot is gone.