Are You Hearing This?

My son Cooper doesn’t have a lot to say verbally.

But he’s always communicating.

Sometimes it’s a point or a wave. A sound. A facial expression. A click of a button. A stomp of a foot.

He’s always listening too.
He hears everything.
In fact he’s incredibly nosey.

He nods sometimes.
Or smiles at something we’ve said.
Or even scowls.

He adores sounds.

The hoot of an owl.
The screech of a tire.
The whistle of a train.

And the roar of a wave.

I think he hears things that you and I cannot.

He will sit here for a hour.
Studying.
Watching.
Listening.

At different times he will lift his hands up, as if conducting a musical.

Smiling up to the sky.

He will look back and smile as if saying…are you hearing this!?

I would give anything just to know, to see, to hear, to feel like him.

And maybe, just maybe someday he will be able to tell us.

But until then. I’ll find comfort in his joy.

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