tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post5253671673444306789..comments2023-10-26T05:49:59.824-04:00Comments on Reflections of a Grady Doctor: The Green Lantern.gradydoctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10639816377218206777noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-49298700127200879792011-08-26T16:37:37.174-04:002011-08-26T16:37:37.174-04:00Wow. What a powerful conversation. You did a grea...Wow. What a powerful conversation. You did a great job, Dr. Mom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-72787402506596301342011-08-25T21:31:39.816-04:002011-08-25T21:31:39.816-04:00All -- thanks so much for your insights and commen...All -- thanks so much for your insights and comments! It's so funny. . . five minutes later he was on to something else.<br /><br />Libby--you are so right. There are totally women super heroes. Shame on me for not suggesting that first. <br /><br />Lisa -- Yes, you can attest to this being "so Isaiah." This is totally him and I'm glad to have his godmommy chiming in so folks will know that I am SO not making this up! :)gradydoctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10639816377218206777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-74126814717727408742011-08-25T14:55:27.889-04:002011-08-25T14:55:27.889-04:00This is sooo Isaiah!! He is such a special child!!...This is sooo Isaiah!! He is such a special child!! By the way, you are writing a great manuel and I am already using it!!Lisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-68447865779659126112011-08-25T12:26:14.129-04:002011-08-25T12:26:14.129-04:00Wow - amazing. Just one thing I'd add to the c...Wow - amazing. Just one thing I'd add to the conversation - women can be super heroes, too. In the list you and Isaiah made all the heroes were men. I'd add you to that list for sure!Libby2https://www.blogger.com/profile/04901172849730378763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-30587812590840700012011-08-25T10:30:58.444-04:002011-08-25T10:30:58.444-04:00I think YOU could write the manual. You handled th...I think YOU could write the manual. You handled that conversation beautifully!<br />- BridgetteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-26838603514845233082011-08-25T01:30:44.886-04:002011-08-25T01:30:44.886-04:00Auntie was 5 seconds away from figuring out who Ja...Auntie was 5 seconds away from figuring out who Jake Justice is & how to order Isaiah another action figure! LOL! Glad I read the whole post!djdjd04https://www.blogger.com/profile/11505371470238707568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-11349887910803617872011-08-25T01:09:32.861-04:002011-08-25T01:09:32.861-04:00Oh, DrM..this made me tear up too...
Reminds me...Oh, DrM..this made me tear up too...<br /><br /> Reminds me of when my [now]40 year old son was about 6 and he was traveling by plane to his grandmother's. We were at San Francisco International airport, and he was studying two gay men saying goodbye and crying over parting and my brain was going whir,whir,whir...because I have always tried to teach him respect for all persons...and of course I'm thinking what he'll tell his old white midwestern Lutheran grandmother...lol<br /> He looks at me and shakes his little head and says,"It's okay, mommy. Everybody needs somebody to love."<br /><br /> And I was floored. We do love our babies, don't we?Akanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00513632434353119491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-42176380126333571092011-08-24T17:45:25.272-04:002011-08-24T17:45:25.272-04:00This post reminded me of when my daughter was a li...This post reminded me of when my daughter was a little girl and she wanted to buy her friends dolls as gifts. I'd ALWAYS buy two, one Black one and one of another race and yeah, I WAS trying to make a subliminal point! ALL races are beautiful! <br /><br />The only sad aspect of this post is that as a very young child, Isaiah like my daughter was at that age, is already aware of "color". Gosh, I just wish we as Black folks and as a society could just get over this "color" thing we have!Doc201Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256674607622605620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-8334442910771874742011-08-24T15:16:23.961-04:002011-08-24T15:16:23.961-04:00you are all kinds of awesome. you don't need a...you are all kinds of awesome. you don't need a manual. you're writing the manual for the rest of us. i love how you handled this, and what an expressive little guy your isaiah is! and that, too, is what you taught him. <br /><br />this makes me weep for the kids who internalize this feeling without being able to give it words, without having someone like isaiah's amazing mother to talk them through to a new understanding, to show them their superhero-ness.<br /><br />but it also makes me cheer, because there is you. thank god, there is you.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-57479256469751625442011-08-24T14:23:47.540-04:002011-08-24T14:23:47.540-04:00Now this one made me want to cry. It's crazy t...Now this one made me want to cry. It's crazy that in subtle and unintentional ways, we alienate people. When I was a girl I had a friend who really wanted a Chatty Cathy doll, but her mother would only let her have dolls that had brown skin. At that time there were so few that you had to order them from a doll maker and they were usually china dolls that had to be handled with care. Being a child at the time, I couldn't understand why it was so important. Thanks to Isaiah, now I do. <br /><br />He is beautiful just the way he is, and blessed to have a mother who will tell him so. And you are blessed with a remarkably intuitive child.Lisa https://www.blogger.com/profile/09324961653370110887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-24250683466467325732011-08-24T13:35:54.001-04:002011-08-24T13:35:54.001-04:00You don't need a manuel Mama, you're doing...You don't need a manuel Mama, you're doing just fine. I won't try and tell you that I can even remotely relate to having a conversation with my kids about their skin color. I can only say that I have great hope that some day soon your sweet little guy will no longer have to have his feelings hurt. This post made me tear up, thanks for sharing a moment from the car.RottenMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17518968855889232271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-27562790926835875192011-08-24T10:44:09.631-04:002011-08-24T10:44:09.631-04:00Oh Lawd. This one made me tear up a bit. Sometimes...Oh Lawd. This one made me tear up a bit. Sometimes, I think Isaiah is more self-aware and expressive than the majority of adults I know. I miss the boys! Maybe we can schedule an Ant/Dr. M session at Panera when I get back and then we can hop on over to your house where I can hug and squeeze the boys!atn19https://www.blogger.com/profile/17313968067132364983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-47332317051753734242011-08-24T09:34:42.969-04:002011-08-24T09:34:42.969-04:00What a smart son and a great communicator.
My so...What a smart son and a great communicator. <br />My sons who are ages 15 and 13 loved rescue heroes and every year to this day my husband who is a nest freak suggests we sell the box filled with Rescue guys and their vehicles and I say no. (I have another son aged 10 but he didn't play with them--he went straight to Star Wars). <br />Before I read the end of your post I was all ready to tell you we probably have one and would give it to you. I love how Jake Justice is a police office (a real super hero). There are two other Rescue Hero guys with dark skin named Phil Canteen and Rocky Canyon.Michele Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17030846420862437581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-72718704039104944442011-08-24T08:52:16.205-04:002011-08-24T08:52:16.205-04:00Love this !!
A Fellow Meharrian named MariaLove this !! <br /><br />A Fellow Meharrian named MariaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-7455688185163824462011-08-24T07:55:28.703-04:002011-08-24T07:55:28.703-04:00Just an fyi, Marvel (comic book company) recently ...Just an fyi, Marvel (comic book company) recently relaunched a bunch of their titles. The new spiderman (Miles Morales, who took over after Peter Parker was killed) is half-black, half-hispanic, and younger than the original. I know it's not really the main point of this post, but if he likes comic books it could help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-88014255035328834972011-08-24T03:47:36.226-04:002011-08-24T03:47:36.226-04:00Wow - I can't get over how metacognitive and e...Wow - I can't get over how metacognitive and expressive he is! Most kids can't express that sentiment even if they're feeling it. Wow! <br /><br />One of my friends in law school says her mom darkened the skin of EVERYTHING - backpacks, lunch boxes, books - everyone got a crayon or marker darkening them up. And she kinda giggled telling me that story but we both think her mom is all kinds of awesome. Even if I have white kids, I want to do that - or patronize more diverse options, like Jake Justice.NOLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572754078356812922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-34211888730352452232011-08-24T03:42:22.264-04:002011-08-24T03:42:22.264-04:00I'm glad you didn't wait and you don't...I'm glad you didn't wait and you don't need a manual, you're doing fine.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-20447859393073911392011-08-24T01:59:35.346-04:002011-08-24T01:59:35.346-04:00Awesome -- we have a Jake Justice lying upstairs i...Awesome -- we have a Jake Justice lying upstairs in our attic with about fifty other Rescue Heroes. I want you to know that I had no idea what color Jake was/is and that this tiny conversation has taught me a lot. Thank you, once again.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-66415147266245641232011-08-24T00:19:20.608-04:002011-08-24T00:19:20.608-04:00What a wonderful Mama you are and your children ar...What a wonderful Mama you are and your children are a true reflection of that. Without a doubt, Isaiah too will oneday be someone's superhero!Angie Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-60056893539639434722011-08-23T23:20:17.502-04:002011-08-23T23:20:17.502-04:00WOW! I loved this entry! I'm glad you got him ...WOW! I loved this entry! I'm glad you got him another one :)Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12818182968849661620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245783834297902042.post-83048663752266430482011-08-23T23:01:38.733-04:002011-08-23T23:01:38.733-04:00Oh LAWD!
Big brown hugs to both you and IsaiahOh LAWD!<br /><br />Big brown hugs to both you and Isaiahmichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09861251743062824891noreply@blogger.com