TAKING INTO ACCOUNT MY RECENT POST, I’M STILL CLIMBING MY LADDER!
FRI., I ACTUALLY TOLD FIA “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” REALLY WELL. IT SEEMED 2 MAKE FIA’S DAY! I BELIEVE LAST & THIS YEAR, I TOLD JESS “HAPPY BIRTHDAY”, BUT THIS WAS 10x CLEARER, & FIA ALMOST CRIED, SHE WAS SO HAPPY!
I WAS SURPRISED BY IT 2, & TRIED SAYING IT SEVERAL TIMES, & THOUGH IT IMPRESSED OTHERS, I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT IT WAS NEVER AS GOOD AGAIN! 4 SOME REASON, IT’S BETTER WHEN I DON’T TRY…
I CAN BE SILENT MOST THE DAY, BUT WHEN I DO THIS, EVERY TIME IT JUST “POPS OUT”, I SPEAK BETTER WHEN IT “POPS OUT” & I DON’T TRY (JUST THINK THE WORD) THAN IF I TRY 2 SAY THE SAME THING. I TEND 2 TALK MORE WHEN ALONE W/THE KIDS, AS I HATE 2 RING MY BELL 2 GET ATTENTION–IT’S A LAST RESORT, OR I’M FEELING LAZY (LIKE IF THEIR BEDROOM DOOR IS CLOSED, I ANALYZE IF I HAVE THE ENERGY NEEDED 2 RAISE MY ARM & OPEN THE DOOR…IF NOT, I RING)
THE COOL THING IS THAT I JUST DO MUSIC THERAPY–I HAVEN’T DONE SPEECH THERAPY IN LIKE 5 YRS., & WHEN I DID IT, SO LITTLE COULD BE DONE. I TEND 2 APPEAR AS HAVING “SPURTS” OF GROWTH, EVEN STILL. I HAVE ONLY MADE A LITTLE PROGRESS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THEN SUDDENLY HAVE MADE SOME BIG STRIDES…I CAN ONLY GUESS IT’S BECUZ WHEN I AM SEEMING 2 MAKE THOSE SMALL STRIDES, THEY FINALLY ADD UP 2 A BIG STRIDE!