"I'd Like To Dedicate This Song"
Believe In You
The song that has meant the most to me since I was the age of three, watching the movie Space Jam, is called "I Believe I Can Fly" by R-Kelly. I chose this song because every time I listen to the songit reminds me that as long as I believe, I can be or do whatever I want in life, even with a disability.
I didn't know much of what the song meant a long time ago but as I grew older, I still loved the song and started to listen to the words more and more. Every time I listen to it, I think about all the obstacles I have overcome.
When I was little, I had to use a wheelchair and a walker because I have a disability named Cerebral Palsy. The doctors told my mother I had a slim chance of ever walking but I was determined to walk becauseI disliked that walker and the wheelchair. So even though I didn't like the walker or the wheelchair, I knew that I had to believe in myself to accomplish my goal to walk someday.
One day the orthopedic doctor told my mother that he could do a surgery that would help me walk. So when I was three and one-half, I had my first surgery.
I disliked the cast because it was a half body cast, with a bar in the middle of my legs, and it was very itchy. I was a very active kid so being in a bed for six weeks, not being able to move, felt horrible.I knew after all the pain and the crying it would be worth it in the long run.
Finally, at the age of four, I got my cast off and I felt free when I finally went through all the therapy and learned how to walk.
The song says, "I see me running though that open door." That's what I felt like; I believed I could fly just like the song says. That day it felt like I was on cloud nine spreading my wings. I knew fromthat day forward I had a lot of work to do, but like the song says, "There are miracles in life I must achieve, but first I know it starts inside of me, Oh." I am one of the miracles in life.
I've leaned on the everlasting arms of my parents and I've always known I had to be strong, and it started inside of me. I've always believed I can touch the sky. I still have more obstacles to overcome,but I will always believe I can fly, as long as I Believe. This song describes me so well that I feel like the song was written for me. As the years go by, I am going to continue to spread my wings and believe.
Copyright © 2012 Xavier Bates --- Submitted by Isaac Bates
This essay was written by my son, who is seventeen. I felt that it was so well expressed that I wanted to share it.
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