Clearly Thursday

Owen skipped the whole middle ground of me getting coffee and went directly from his bed to mine. My alarm was about to go off, not that we ever really need it, so I headed to the bathroom and got my coffee. Before I could finish he got up, went to the bathroom, turned off the kitchen light, and went back to my bed. I trailed behind. He was happy this morning. We were waiting for the bus and he said, “wait right here” and “then do you hear it.” I could tell by the look on his face that he realized “here” and “hear” were used differently but sounded the same. He made the connection and kept repeating it. I thought it was very cool and what I dream of. I sent his teacher a note about the connection and she told me when I picked him up today she would tell me more about his connections. I told Owen he is one of the most amazing human beings I know. His teacher said he is doing amazing with connections and learning how to compare two items. She said he was doing it on his own but only referencing one thing. Now he is starting to say multiple things about items he is comparing. l
Like with animals he is talking about how they both have four legs, or the same color, and even size. On the way to therapy, he said something in what sounded like French. I asked him if he could say the alphabet in French. He said, “no” and then immediately went to a YouTube video and started singing the alphabet with the video on French. He did amazing at therapy and on the way home he said, “iguanas eat bugs” and quickly followed it up with “do gorillas wash their clothes?” His memory is amazing and he combines things from all his years intertwined together. Today was one of those good days. Tell your story of hope loud enough for the whole world to hear. You are amazing. Smiles to all and donut daze!