Thursday, September 22, 2011

Communication

I know this doesn't seem like much to most, but you have NO IDEA how much it means to our family to hear Claire cry.  Why, you ask?  Because for her, this is a rare occurrence.  I can almost count on two hands (OK, maybe three...) the TOTAL number of times in her life -- 10+ years! -- that I've heard her cry.  It doesn't happen very often, and I'm not sure what triggers it.  Trust me, we've evaluated, over-evaluated, tried to deduce a jillion scenarios which would explain this elusive phenomenon, but we have arrived upon a total of *ZERO* explanations for what makes Claire cry.  All I know is this... it's COMMUNICATION, babyyyy!  And whether it's "positive" or "negative," we.  will.  TAKE IT.


I toooootally love how my Mimi can turn that shit off like a switch.  My girl's an actress, yo.   And you can bet your sweet ass I smothered her with smoochies after her big crying debut on film (which I've tried for YEARS to catch!).  It was short lived, thank goodness. And I got some Buggy-grins shortly thereafter, so it's all good. 

SO in love with my girl!

xoxo

9 comments:

Krista said...

aww! I have to admit it made me giggle cause she sounded so cute!!

Gwen said...

Me too, Krista! I did the same "Awwww -- hahahahah! Soooo sad, yet sooooo cute!" thing. :) Love her SO much! <3

Jenny said...

Awwww. Claire's so sweet.

Joyfullygrateful said...

My heart hugged her so deeply ~ truly touched infinitely. Somewhere I felt a giggle and yet my eyes just had to shed a tear of compassionate communication!

Bec said...

That is just so cute, love the quick look a couple of seconds in to make sure you were watching her :)

DoRe' said...

I love how she can turn it off, too--veeeerry impressive!

Anonymous said...

It felt like she was "here" when she crie, as if aware.. (?) and then snapped back into her bubble again in a nanosecond.. very strange!

Gwen said...

Anonymous -- She isn't really "in a bubble" or in her own little world. I think she just cried because she had pain somewhere or was sad. I love to hear her voice -- makes me happy to not always hear her be quiet. Trust me when I say that EVERY LITTLE THING is a gift when you have a child with special needs. I appreciate everything so much more.

Anonymous said...

Im very sorry - i reacted on ur topic "communication" and i thought that maybe she never communicates, stupid assumption ive read ur blog now and í see claire does progress and communication. it was just very sudden and unexpected her reaction/snap off from crying! i do understand that every thing happening in the girls lives is a big thing and i really love your style of writing (you are very funny!) and your positive attitude about everything! i was wondering aboutthe differences claire and lola, lola is able to eat on her own and lola also cries more than claire? (does they also laugh?) (and she can move a little? (thinking about the thump while u took the phone :) your girls are beautiful and i really wish all the best for all of you!

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