June 14, 2023
She is His First Friend
She’s sits by him.
I’m not sure if I can convey how much that means to me.
This little girl.
She waits for my son to arrive. She greets him. She grabs his hand. She leads him. She talks to him.
And she sits by him.
She is his first friend.
I do not have autism. In fact I know very little about it.
But I do know my son.
He is 12 years old. He has blond coarse hair. His eyes are hazel. And he has a mole in between his toes on his left foot.
He doesn’t say much verbally. Most people think he isn’t listening. Or that he can’t communicate.
But it’s actually the opposite.
He communicates in so many ways. A look. A smile. A scowl. The flap of a hand.
But you have to listen. To really listen. With more than your ears. And not everyone really gets that.
See people get impatient with him. They want everything to be fast and easy.
This little girl sits with him. And she listens. She joins his world.
I am so thankful for her.
As a mom, I’ve prayed and hoped for someone to sit with him. Besides me and his dad and his siblings.
Someone to listen and simply be there.
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