Superman Should Wear Spirit Pajamas!

Superman leaps tall buildings in a single bound, is bulletproof, lifts buildings, cars, small islands, can turn back time by flying around the Earth at light speed. He can also save the world a thousand times over and all before he has breakfast. In a word Superman is AWESOME. But there is a problem. Anyone that knows about Superman knows that irradiated pieces of his home planet a.k.a. kryptonite make him weaker than some old lady in a wheelchair. No more buildings, no more bullets, no more flying. In fact, kryptonite makes Superman less than a man.

So as long as Superman isn't around kryptonite he's being Superman.

And this is what leads me to believe that Superman wears Spirit pajamas. Ya see, Spirit's kryptonite is with him always. It courses through his veins and into his brain and tries it's damnedest to make him weaker everyday. And yet Spirit still makes it through each day. He writes essays about the Statue of Liberty, memorizes the Articles of Faith, writes in cursive, knows his times tables backward and forward, struggles through reading comprehension, and today was awarded the most improved student and the Brilliant Bobcat award at his school.

Some people look up to those that are invincible, those that seem to go beyond the human capacity. Not me, the impressive ones are the ones that have every excuse, not to try, they have every reason to pack it in, and frankly who would blame them. If I spent the better part of my life fighting off the attacking environment around me, I'd be done in six seconds flat. But not Spirit, and that's what makes him worth admiring. Superman's gifts come because the sun comes out each day, while Spirit wakes up with his demons waiting for him each morning. You tell me who's stronger. 

So with all due respect Superman, you ain't got nuthin on Spirit. You wanna impress me? Try saving the world with a big hunk of kryptonite wrapped around your neck cause that's what Spirit does everyday.

You all thought that big S on his chest stood for Superman didn't you. Well Superman and Spirit know better. It stands for Spirit. The little boy with the strength to fight off the kryptonite inside of him and impress the hell out of everyone.


That's my boy! My Hero!

Hulk

You know, there are times when something just clicks. Heart and I were discussing this weekend and the overloads to Spirit's system and she expressed herself this way:

"Some days it feels like we are living with the Hulk."

Truer words were never spoken. Here we sit watching every move Spirit makes. Wondering if the wrong expression will turn him into the raging Hulk. It's interesting, the parallels are uncanny. Bruce Banner is a mild mannered science guy with a pension for keeping calm in extreme situations. He dedicates himself to a regimen that keeps his other self at bay, all while trying to make sense of a senseless world.

Spirit is exactly the same. There are times when I can see in his eyes that the Hulk is bubbling below the surface, threatening to lay waste to whatever he can get his hands on. One false step and Spirit becomes a big green rage machine. Eventually the Hulk calms down and we can all breathe a little easier, but for a certain period all we can do is wait him out. But I like Captain America in the Avengers can get very simple, very easy commands into the rage and help him to come out of it. Sometimes I just want to look at Spirit and say: "Hulk, smash." I mean why the heck not, sometimes in my life I'd like an excuse to go nuts just because.

So you go Spirit, and just like the Avengers, Heart and I will take the good with the bad, because eventually Bruce Banner learned to control the other guy and then he became an unstoppable force for good, and I think your worth the wait.