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María is a force of nature
The day has come. Nothing can go wrong. María climbs on to the stage. She goes behind the lectern but it is taller than her. The organisers get nervous. They don’t want to interrupt her but something has to be done. At 1.40m high, even her face is hidden. But María is a force of nature, something they had overlooked. So María walks around the lectern, stands in front of it and faces her audience.
She has practised a lot. A lot. At all hours of the day and everywhere she went. After she woke up, before she went to bed, with her friends, with her family, at home and even at the bus stop.
Her favourite practice partner is her boyfriend, Juanjo. Every afternoon he listens to her patiently and, spellbound, tells her she’s done a great job. María doesn’t always believe him but it is what she wants to hear.
She takes a deep breath and begins to expound her arguments. María doesn’t only want to express her opinion. She wants to convince her audience. And while she’s at it, take on the world. And why not? She gesticulates, speaks in a strong voice and gives each and every person gathered for the debate a steely look.
Today, at last, they are all listening to her. And they had better. Because María is a force of nature.
María has Down’s syndrome, but that is not what counts. Today she has come to debate and give her opinion. Because María has a lot to say and that… that is what counts.
