Blanche lay listening to the dawn chorus, inside, the house was silent, be awhile yet before the day staff arrived to make her shake a leg.
Warm and cosy under her pretty lemon,brushed cotton duvet (she'd always had crisp, white cotton sheets and blankets at home, Alf [her dear late hubby] had not liked change. She had tried to introduce a new look once but he'd spent all night tossing and turning, in the end he resembled a 'pig-in-a-blanket' and she, as a consequence, was cold!).
Alf sadly died, few years back now, she couldn't rightly remember the exact date. At first her and young Willy had managed best they could.
Social worker were good, see Willy (Christened William Alfred but he'd always been their little Willy, because he was a bit special).
Blanche had been so thrilled when he arrived in the world, ( Alf's chest was a bit puffed up too and he sort of swagged now instead of walked, he'd called her a clever gal so she'd guessed it was worth the wait for him as well). However, being exhausted, after her part required for him to land on this earth, she hadn't noticed his eyes were little different.
Strange names were being whispered, Mongol (she didn't think that could be right, Alf and her being English, why they'd hardly heard of, let alone been to Mongolia?).
Downs syndrome, well she'd visited Auntie Lil once in Bedfordshire so she did know about the Downs at Dunstable, but what that had to do with the price of eggs she'd no idea.
Then came handicapped but they didn't even bother considering that one, where would they ever have the money for him to play golf?.
Later years they said poor Willy had learning difficulties but Alf said "show me somebody that hasn't" so they settled for that label , after all that meant at last young Willy was just the same as everyone else!
Actually, that wasn't strictly true either, her Willy loved unconditionally, rich or poor, fat or thin, black or white, he didn't care, he'd cheer them up, he just said "I love 'em all".................
p/s There was another nice bloke did that, but he ended up nailed to a cross!
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