A Conversation
Scene: Charlie and I are sitting in the black car waiting for Jim who has run into a 7-11 for sodas. We have just had our usual Friday night dinner at Charlie’s favorite hamburger stand.
Charlie: Red slide!
Me: Where’s that?
Charlie: Red slide.
Me: Inside or outside?
Charlie: Inside.
Me (getting an inkling of where this might be going): Is that in a restaurant?
Charlie: Burger place.
Me: I think you just had a burger for dinner.
Charlie: Burger and fries, burger slide.
Jim came back and as we drove past Burger King on the right, McDonald’s on the left, Charlie pointed and said “this way” and laughed. His teacher and speech therapist have been telling me that he’s been speaking a lot at school, and slow, and clear—yes, indeed.
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14 opinions for A Conversation
Karen
Apr 12, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Awesome! :-)
NIksmom
Apr 12, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Love it!
Linda
Apr 12, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Wonderful, this is the beginning of a new chapter!
Charlie is smart, he’ll have you beat verbally in no time.
Laura
Apr 12, 2008 at 7:09 pm
That is wonderful!!
Shari
Apr 12, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Kristina,
This made me smile . . . a very big smile.
Sounds like Charlie is turning a corner.
Congratulations, to Charlie, you and Jim.
brstpathdoc
Apr 12, 2008 at 7:23 pm
excellent!!
VAB
Apr 12, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Very nice! It’s got to feel good for Charlie to be able to share what he’s thinking about. That talking business can be habit forming, so watch out :-)
Club 166
Apr 12, 2008 at 8:51 pm
As long as he doesn’t ask for “sliders” from White Castle…
Joe
Daisy
Apr 12, 2008 at 9:59 pm
And you’re learning to read his word associations, too. That’s worth a million.
Marla
Apr 12, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Oh that is wonderful! I am so excited. Funny how they love those burger places. For M though she always wants the chicken nuggets. Once again, I am glad Charlie is making good progress at school. He sounds like he is really happy.
wskrz
Apr 12, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Yippee!!! This is awesome! Since we’re going through an explosion of words at our house right now, I totally know how exciting this feels. I’m so happy for you all! :-)
TomsMom
Apr 13, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Blessings!
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Patrick
Apr 15, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Pardon my tardiness, but Righton for the cumulative efforts that have led up to Charlie’s blossoming speech!
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