tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post5936016252130093361..comments2007-12-11T13:42:19.525-08:00GIRL'S GONE CHILDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130764109593048451noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-62928945962411395782007-12-11T13:42:00.000-08:002007-12-11T13:42:00.000-08:00Big cheer for Archer! I hear so much about this or that child being "on the spectrum." What does that mean, exactly? I can tell Archer is very bright from his photographs; he looks like he's taking everything in.<BR/> My nephew is four and his speech was delayed. He had to have his adenoids removed and he needed exercises for a combination of a high palate and weak tongue muscles. He's fine now but he used to have very few words and what he did say sounded garbled. His parents kept taking him to specialists until they found the answer. <BR/>-SalomeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-56260750876459280012007-12-10T22:18:00.000-08:002007-12-10T22:18:00.000-08:00Congrats, my dear.the weirdgirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-14966455126887854992007-12-10T20:46:00.000-08:002007-12-10T20:46:00.000-08:00What a perfect analogy. I stopped waiting for the train too.<BR/><BR/>And now - I think it's here. I think we're on it. I can't be sure. But we're still having fun, which is the part I really cared about all along anyway.<BR/><BR/>(I'm impressed that Archer calls himself "Archer". I can't get CJ to say CJ or Catherine - she always calls herself Mousie.)mothergoosemousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05386446012443269817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-9938178651476656922007-12-09T20:11:00.000-08:002007-12-09T20:11:00.000-08:00Aw Bec I could not be happier for you. Happy and relieved and just awed with how beautifully you can capture this in the face of such crushing emotion. <BR/><BR/>May that little guy of yours continue to surprise and delight you all of his years.Mom101http://www.blogger.com/profile/15468524489744839899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-78142867392816649312007-12-09T14:46:00.000-08:002007-12-09T14:46:00.000-08:00Hearing your own child say "I love you" for the first time is the best feeling ever, ever, ever in the history of the universe. But you already know that :)Jaelithehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12081888212421953409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-8255355861085654502007-12-08T20:02:00.000-08:002007-12-08T20:02:00.000-08:00slut,<BR/>i told you he'd start talking to you as soon as you became interesting. you never listen to me. <BR/><BR/>miss you.calamitynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-55034661013302016842007-12-07T12:48:00.000-08:002007-12-07T12:48:00.000-08:00Isn't it crazy how you can sometimes understand your child so completely, even without words? I am still waiting for the words but Ella and I communicate well even without them. I know it's kind of early yet for her to speak all that much, and I have the faith.<BR/><BR/>I was without internet for a month and I am so excited to go back and read everything you've written. Your writing, it is so lush, so full, so satisying.<BR/><BR/>Yay for you, and yay for Archer.<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>Kate B.My name is Kate B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14787033937530436289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-43875338815787389742007-12-07T11:13:00.000-08:002007-12-07T11:13:00.000-08:00Rebecca,<BR/><BR/>Long time reader...first ever comment! Your words are so poignant and deep. Your son is miraculous because he has transformed you and it seems, at the same time, completes you. Its all so powerful. Thank you for sharing a bit of your life with the world. <BR/><BR/>I treat myself to reading your blog in my car....right in the driveway...after work each day. You inspire me & I thank you.<BR/><BR/>Karen & Adam (18 months)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-15981479577293844782007-12-07T09:08:00.000-08:002007-12-07T09:08:00.000-08:00Such a beautiful post! And he is such a cutie!Mommy Crackedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07836804230239409478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-44966286809341822002007-12-07T08:43:00.000-08:002007-12-07T08:43:00.000-08:00beautifully put! archer is one lucky dude.foodiemamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03047817931188356634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-17356694912317101752007-12-07T01:26:00.000-08:002007-12-07T01:26:00.000-08:00Beautiful post GGC. And, yay Archer! I love the sound of my children's voices...Badness Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05660823596302637985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-4755103760121588542007-12-06T23:23:00.000-08:002007-12-06T23:23:00.000-08:00kittenpie is right. the lovely image of your noise and his quiet is too strong. nigh-night.<BR/><BR/>thanks for this.mo-wohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10934156423936866994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-62093242751769238642007-12-06T21:39:00.000-08:002007-12-06T21:39:00.000-08:00i wish my red dress looked like that on me. I also wish I could play with archer. You guys have a package headed that way. :) xo.Scarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202011499090118775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-33707348377392817962007-12-06T20:45:00.000-08:002007-12-06T20:45:00.000-08:00It's my red dress and I'll wear it non-stop until the end of time if I want to. <BR/><BR/>xo rebecca<BR/><BR/>And to the rest of you, thank you.GIRL'S GONE CHILDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130764109593048451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-24595843034869350292007-12-06T20:33:00.000-08:002007-12-06T20:33:00.000-08:00Beautifully put. Thank you.LDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08530026652363687161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-53024644799318103422007-12-06T20:28:00.000-08:002007-12-06T20:28:00.000-08:00I think this is one of the reasons I love your blog so much. I'm more of the Archer type, not good with words, yet every time you post a blog, I find you've explained something in the words I could never find. Lovely post.<BR/><BR/>PS I love the red dressAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-39018624903563670652007-12-06T18:08:00.000-08:002007-12-06T18:08:00.000-08:00beautiful. I'm so happy for you and proud of Archer! Love you!Seemeformehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08218716943324235493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-80859993641285761772007-12-06T17:22:00.000-08:002007-12-06T17:22:00.000-08:00Developmental milestones ... bleh! On the one hand, they're useless because kids develop at different speeds; on the other hand, they're indispensable when trying to figure out if something's not going as planned. It's a can't-live-with-them-can't-live-without-them thing.<BR/><BR/>Loved your post, as always. And Archer, he's such a sweet little boy!Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382967097578165008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-40636490486834353082007-12-06T15:50:00.000-08:002007-12-06T15:50:00.000-08:00Becca, I won't remeber by the end of the month, through all the holiday madness, to send you a perfect post for this, but trust me, right now, I know it deserves one. This was beautiful, inspiring, insightful, loving, and the perfect example of why you are the perfect mom for your boy, who is perfect as he is. I loved this.kittenpiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215443551546036909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-74841412012593768192007-12-06T13:57:00.000-08:002007-12-06T13:57:00.000-08:00As Usual, your words hit me hard, girl! <BR/>What a Mommy you are! Archer's a lucky little dude!<BR/><BR/>JenniferJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08096059353185304424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-39177100732534910712007-12-06T10:54:00.000-08:002007-12-06T10:54:00.000-08:00This is so beautiful because it is exactlly what Ezra and I are experiencing right now. <BR/><BR/>Exactlly. <BR/><BR/>I think that snowflake metaphor will be burned in my memory forever and ever because it struck me so powerfully. I think it will help me very much in the days ahead. And now.Emery Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10269921971808302592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-5177110518905120052007-12-06T10:48:00.000-08:002007-12-06T10:48:00.000-08:00This post made me tear up it was so beautifully written - it's really true that our children are the ones teaching us.Don Mills Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03733674458423525738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-82738473543543841712007-12-06T09:44:00.000-08:002007-12-06T09:44:00.000-08:00Lovely post. True and heartfelt. So many of us are there with you at the train station. Hoping, waiting, listening to the silence.clueless but hopeful mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11011524864788495788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-45266909798591154392007-12-06T09:27:00.000-08:002007-12-06T09:27:00.000-08:00I've been there.<BR/>You're so eloquent!Kendranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-26120757070646200872007-12-06T08:35:00.000-08:002007-12-06T08:35:00.000-08:00Yes, turning your back on those "developmental milestones", waiting and trusting that it will come at its own right time is definitely a different path. I live it too. <BR/><BR/>In fact, I live both parenting paths, typical and atypical. My two boys are night and day. Each one has it's joys and trials, but that atypical path, for me, is much deeper and higher. <BR/><BR/>Great post Rebecca!Heather, Queen of Shake-Shakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04455637064686856773noreply@blogger.com