Delight!
Recently I also delighted in the sound of Chloe’s voice. Chloe is 10-years-old and is mostly nonverbal. When she vocalizes something, we notice. And we smile. And we’re proud. And we think it’s precious.
We were at a group Bible study recently at a friend’s house. Chloe was back in the little girls’ room playing toys. And several times she mimicked a talking toy. I heard her clap a couple of different times. She talked off and on, unaware that anyone was listening.
But I was listening. I heard it. And it made my heart glad. It was difficult to follow the adult conversation because I was so taken by the sound of Chloe’s voice in the next room.
I love that precious little girl. And anytime she is talking, it makes me stop and listen. And my heart is so filled with singing and smiling.
Keep it up, little one!
Ordinary Days 
Posted by themamaclub on April 3, 2012 at 6:57 AM
What a beautiful post and how lucky are you to have such an amazing girl in your life! Have you read this poem by Malaguzzi?
The child is made of one hundred.
The child has
a hundred languages
a hundred hands
a hundred thoughts
a hundred ways of thinking
of playing, of speaking.
A hundred.
Always a hundred
ways of listening
of marveling, of loving
a hundred joys
for singing and understanding
a hundred worlds
to discover
a hundred worlds
to invent
a hundred worlds
to dream.
The child has
a hundred languages
(and a hundred hundred hundred more)
but they steal ninety-nine.
The school and the culture
separate the head from the body.
They tell the child:
to think without hands
to do without head
to listen and not to speak
to understand without joy
to love and to marvel
only at Easter and at Christmas.
They tell the child:
to discover the world already there
and of the hundred
they steal ninety-nine.
They tell the child:
that work and play
reality and fantasy
science and imagination
sky and earth
reason and dream
are things
that do not belong together.
And thus they tell the child
that the hundred is not there.
The child says:
No way. The hundred is there.
-Loris Malaguzzi
Founder of the Reggio Emilia Approach
Posted by Kelly on April 3, 2012 at 8:19 AM
What a great poem! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Posted by justbetweencousins on April 3, 2012 at 7:11 AM
We should take every chance to fully appreciate even the smallest of miracles.
Peach State
Posted by Melissa Coco on April 3, 2012 at 8:26 AM
That is awesome;) Yeah Chloe- keep it up little chatter box! 🙂 woohoo. Love it.
Posted by mamacravings on April 3, 2012 at 11:08 AM
How beautiful! What a wonderful job, precious girl! 🙂
Posted by Mimi on April 3, 2012 at 10:27 PM
Precious little girl and precious poem!