Discrimination

I have never personally experienced discrimination for any reason, until yesterday. I took Jaxon to an in home preschool recommended to me by a woman at church. It is not licensed, but came highly recommended. After talking with the woman about her program, experience, and the curriculum I decided it would be a good fit for Jaxon. Yesterday was his first day. He was shy at first but by the end of the two hour class was super excited to come again. Of course I talked with the woman about Jaxon's EE and provided all of his emergency information before I left. A few hours after preschool was over she called me very concerned about Jaxon's EE and said flat out "If I knew about his condition before you came I would have told you not to bring him." Of course my mommy instincts kick in and I became defensive, but agreed to talk over the situation with Johnny and she was going to discuss it with her husband. Johnny and I agreed not to take Jaxon back, but then this morning all Jaxon could talk about was his new preschool and the field trips they were going to go on to the County Fair and the Pumpkin Patch. It broke my heart. The Preschool Lady called again this afternoon to say she would like to have Jaxon come if I would sign a liability waiver in case anything happened while he was in her care. Ummmm, no!

At first I was upset and offended. Mostly I'm sad for Jaxon and how upset he will be when we don't go back. It is not like my kids have a very stable life traveling around with Johnny for work, but now he is jumping around preschools and I'm not going to tell him she didn't want him there because of his "condition." Maybe I was naive thinking this would never happen. Not any more. In the future I will be more prepared to protect my son.