Isn’t it incredible what 26 little letters in our alphabet can do?” –Jack Rushton

I HAVE A NEW APPRECIATION 4 THE ALPHABET! MY WORLD CHANGED WHEN I STARTED 2 BLINK SPELL IN THE HOSPITAL, & AGAIN WHEN I STARTED 2 FINGERSPELL, & HAS CONTINUED CHANGING AS I HAVE RE-LEARNED HOW 2 WRITE, & AS I RE-LEARN HOW 2 SAY EVERY LETTER IN THE ALPHABET.

I AM SO EXCITED! 4 SOME REASON, IF I’M COMPLETELY FLAT IN BED, I CAN SAY LETTERS THAT I CAN’T SAY WHILE I SIT (LIKE “S,” “K,” “F,” “G” & MORE). IN ORDER 2 PRACTICE THESE LETTERS, I RECLINE MY BACK, BUT SINCE I’M NOT PERFECTLY FLAT, I HAVE 2 PLUG MY NOSE…WHICH SEEMS RIDICULOUS, SINCE I’M NOT PLUGGING MY NOSE EVERY TIME I TALK! HOWEVER, RECENTLY, I WAS ABLE 2 RECLINE, & SAY LETTERS “S” & “F” W/O PLUGGING MY NOSE! I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT PRACTICE & AN INCREASE IN MY BREATH SUPPORT IS MAKING IT HAPPEN, & THE OTHER LETTERS WILL COME IN TIME.

IT HAS ALWAYS FRUSTRATED ME THAT I CAN’T SAY MY SON’S NAME, THOUGH. LAYING DOWN, I CAN SAY “SOPHIA” WITH AN “S,” “MARK” WITH A “K,” & OCASSIONALLY I CAN SAY THE “J” IN “JENNY” & “JESSICA.” BUT I CAN’T SAY “Z.” “Z” & “K” ARE SO HARD TO SAY IN A SITTING POSITION, SO HIS NAME IS THE “A” SOUND. LOL I HATE HOW IT SOUNDS. BUT I SWEAR GOD INSPIRED US 2 NAME HIM ZACHARY…WHY ELSE WOULD I TRY SO HARD 2 LEARN HOW 2 SAY THE LETTER “Z”?!?

THURSDAY, MARCH 8, I WAS LAYING IN BED & I SAID “ZACH (ZAK)”!

I AM OVERDUE 2 WRITE. THINGS HAVE BEEN SO BUSY, BUT I NEEDED 2 TAKE A MOMENT 2 SHARE THIS! I USUALLY CHEER MYSELF ON, BY THINKING, “I DID IT!”, BUT THIS TIME I WANTED 2 SHARE!