The Limitations of Spiderman.

Chance was Spiderman this year for Halloween. The costume suited him. Chance got to march in a parade at school, have parties in his classes , all while looking forward to an evening of gathering sugary treats.

Right after school, Chance headed down to his dad's work so that he could trick or treat the offices there. This is something that the kids really look forward to. Plus, the employees provide the really yummy goodies:)

We went from floor to floor stopping at offices of people we knew, and enjoying the generosity of people we did not know, but who willing provided a sugar rush. As we headed back down to daddy's office, Chance got lost. We all filed into the room but Chance. The building is one of those that looks the same on all the floors, so Chance could have easily gotten confused. Chance's dad ended up searching 3 different floors trying to figure out where Chance had gone. There were so many people, and more than one Spiderman.

When Chance's dad brought him back, Chance's eyes were all red. Evidence that he had indeed been lost. Since Chance had a mask on, people could not see that he was crying. And, since he had a mask on, Chance could not hear as well either as both microphones on the implants were covered to an extent. So even if someone had realized that Chance was crying and tried to talk to him, he would have not heard them as well. Poor kid. It makes us realize that Chance is vulnerable and that simple things like wearing a mask, can block his hearing. Chance would not have asked for help I don't think. He tends to be independent and he was surrounded by strangers that he probably did not feel comfortable approaching. Sometimes I think Chance is used to being on his own to an extent because he has not had the language or the confidence in the past to ask strangers for help. This is changing though. Chance is reaching out to people he does not know more and more. But when Chance was lost as his dad's work, I highly doubt he tried to talk to anyone. He would have just tried to figure out where we were and go it alone. Thankfully, we found him rather quickly. It just makes us realize that in some ways, Chance is vulnerable and it must be very scary in his world sometimes when he does not feel he has the power the get what he needs.

The rest of Halloween was a hit though, and Chance has lots and lots of comfort food to help ease the trauma of being lost.