A Green Turtle
Fall 2003 — “You’re a green turtle!”
Two of the girls were in my office doing their spelling lessons today when Hannah started playing with a box. I told Hannah that she wasn’t to play with that particular box but she could go get a laundry basket to play with instead if she wanted to. She came back into the office with the big green laundry basket. Next thing we knew, she lifted the basket over her head, lugged it over to her oldest sister, and “captured” her inside. Hannah climbed on top of the basket and triumphantly proclaimed, “You’re a green turtle!” That oldest sister, who is taller than I am now, was a bit squished! Her other sister and I thought it was hilarious.
Hannah continues to make progress steadily, though some days it seems like we are going at a turtle’s pace.
April 5th, 2009 at 12:37 am
Thank you so much for this illustration. I have a three year old on the autism spectrum. And as anyone one with a child with any learning disability it hasn’t been the easiest road. Every now and then we get to see a glimpse into the beauty of our son’s brain as God created it, just like you saw Hannah’s. It is why we work as hard as we do. Blessings.