Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Lost Identity

So today we are going to go and get Daniel a haircut again.  It's a little over due and his hair has gotten pretty long again.  Daniel is so good when we go and get it done, he sits very still for the girl while she does it and just talks and talks and talks.  Last time we got his hair cut though we cut it very very short because I didn't want to have to go back and get it cut again for awhile.  When he was all done and we got back home he started talking weird.  He started talking about how Daniel was gone and how he wasn't Daniel anymore.  I asked him were Daniel went and he kept telling me he didn't know just that he was gone and that he wasn't Daniel anymore.  So I asked him who he was and he would say that he didn't know. So we would ask what his name was and he would tell us that he didn't have a name.  It was like after his hair cut the poor kick lost his identity.  This lasted for a few weeks too, not just a day.  He was pretty certain that Daniel no longer existed and he was someone new, someone with no name.  It was so funny to watch him.  For the most part he without thinking he would still answer to Daniel but there were plenty of times where we would call for him and he would tell us that he isn't Daniel anymore.  So like I said we are going for another haircut today, hopefully when he is all done he doesn't lose his identity and become boy with no name again.

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