Because Kionna wanted to make her husband feel special, she took him and her 8-year-old daughter out for a simple meal at an Olive Garden in Oklahoma City. After enjoying the unlimited breadsticks and salad, Kionna and her family returned to their car. But that’s when she realized that someone was angry at her.

Kionna’s husband is disabled. Because he has a disability, they have a blue handicapped parking placard and gain access to the blue spaces in parking lots. Apparently, someone had watched them come out of their car, and because her husband doesn’t always look disabled, a jealous bystander wrote a nasty note and pasted it to Kionna’s windshield.

See what this vigilante wrote and what Kionna did in response:

The note demonstrated the stranger’s ignorance. They have no idea about the struggle Kionna and her family must endure because of the husband’s disability. The note read:

“Disabled? No. Just your big fat a**es.”

Not only did the note claim that her husband isn’t disabled because he looks “normal”, it also insulted Kionna who is a bit overweight.

But the disrespectful citizen didn’t know that Kionna’s husband, Dusty, has a medical condition that might not appear in person, but he has struggled with his entire life. But that person was quick to accuse the family of lying and cheating the system out of a handicapped parking space.

Dusty and Kionna tried to hide the note before their 8-year-old daughter could read it – but the girl was too smart for her own good. The little girl was confused and asked why a complete stranger would leave such a cruel, hateful note.

What Kionna taught her daughter that day will leave you knodding your head in agreement:

“To the person/persons that left this note on my car at the Olive Garden on Memorial in OKC today, I’d like to say thank you! Your misguided and uninformed attempt to shame me and my family provided an opportunity to teach my 8 year old daughter a lesson. Upon seeing this note, she said “Mom, why would someone do that? They don’t even know us.” This coming from a little girl who’s daddy will never get to walk her down the aisle, because, he is in fact disabled.”

She continued…

“So we explained to her that some people just have hate in their hearts. We further explained how your actions can deeply affect others around you, and how she should always be conscious of others feelings. I explained that she was right. These people didn’t know us. They didn’t know that my husband has Muscular Dystrophy and has struggled with it his entire life. They didn’t know that even though his doctors advised him to go into a wheelchair years ago, he refused, and instead, remained on his own two feet until he finally fell for the last time, blowing out both knees and breaking an ankle. They didn’t understand that we’ve spent the last 2 years learning to adjust to a life in which he can’t even stand up to get in and out of a car. They didn’t see that I’ve torn my rotator cuff lifting on him to assist him in his transitions. They have no idea that he already lives in constant pain, and that their hurtful words would only add to that. They didn’t know that the reason that he has a belly is because there are no stomach muscles left to hold everything in tight. They didn’t know that our 8 year old already struggles to understand why her daddy can’t run and play with her the way other daddies do. They just didn’t know. And because they didn’t know, they allowed the hate in their hearts to get the better of them.”

Then finished with…

“So again, I’d just like to say Thank You. Your ignorance provided a wonderful opportunity for me and my husband, who have struggled and survived and come out stronger in the last couple of years, to not only teach our daughter a valuable lesson, but provided another opportunity for us to overcome and to be thankful for the blessings that continue to come our way!”

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