Now I'm one pissed off mother!

Saw this article today about a neighbor who sent this disgusting anonymous letter to the grandmother of an autistic child. It's so bad I thought it was a hoax, but no...it's real.

Here's the text of the letter:

I also live in this neighbourhood and have a problem!!!! You have a kid that is mentally handicapped and you consciously decided that it would be a good idea to live in a close proximity neighgbourhood like this???? You selfishly put your kid outside everyday and let him be a nothing but a nuisance and a problem to everyone else with that noise polluting whaling he constantly makes!!! That noise he makes when he is outside is DREADFUL!!!!!!!!!! It scares the hell out of my normal children!!!!!!!!!

Crying babies, music and even barking dogs are normal sounds in a residential neighbourhood!!!!! He is NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He is a nuisance to everyone and will always be that way!!!!!! Who the hell is going to care for him????????? No employer will hire him, no normal girl is going to marry/love him and you are not going to live forever!!

They should take whatever non retarded body parts he possesses and donate it to science. What the hell else good is he to anyone!!!!

You had a retarded kid, deal with it... properly!!!!! What right do you have to do this to hard working people!!!!!!!!!

I HATE people like you who believe, just because you have a special needs kid, you are entitled to special treatment!!! GOD!!!!

Go live in a tralier in the woods or something with your wild animal kid!!! Nobody wants you living here and they don't have the guts to tell you!!!!!
Do the right thing and move or euthanize him!!! Either way, we are ALL better off!!!

             Signed, "One pissed off mother!"


I can't get it off my mind.

So here's an open letter back at you for what it's worth. I know you won't see it. Even if you do, you won't care. And this probably won't even make me feel better (I'm not a violent person, but short of punching you in the mouth, nothing will), so here goes:

Dear “One Pissed off mother,”

First off, you consider yourself a mother? What woman who has ever given birth would write such despicable, vile, intolerable words about another child? How sick and demented must one be to even think this about anyone, let alone a child? 

Despite my disbelief, it appears you are a mother. I pity your “normal” children, who have the misfortune of being raised by you. I pray they remain healthy and never develop any abnormalities that would render them useless to you, and thus eligible for euthanasia.  I also pray they don’t turn out anything like you, and have enough sense to get as far away from you as possible (and maybe when the authorities find you – and they will find you - they will hurry that process along).

I’m not going to even try to explain to you what it’s like to raise a child with a handicap. I would be wasting my breath telling you that despite their special needs they are actually a GIFT and a blessing. You will never understand or know (thankfully) the beauty of a special child.

Now I’m not a devoutly religious person, but how dare you utter the word God! You have no grace, no mercy, no compassion. You are without heart. You are void of anything good. If anyone should be euthanized, take a long, hard look in a mirror.

There is one thing that you are: a coward. Why don’t you quit hiding from behind a computer and printer and come forward to explain yourself – try to give some credence to your words. Come on, I’d love to hear you try (and oh what I’d give to be there).