Comments on: Many Ways to Say ‘I Love You’ http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/2009/01/03/many-ways-to-say-i-love-you/ Parenting, Autism, and the Pursuit of Being Awesome Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:51:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Communicating Love « Autism In a Word http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/2009/01/03/many-ways-to-say-i-love-you/comment-page-1/#comment-5415 Communicating Love « Autism In a Word Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:46:00 +0000 http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/?p=580#comment-5415 [...] did not need to hear it, but even still, I’ve been waiting. I have read beautiful accounts from other parents when they heard the words ‘I love you’ for the first time from their [...] [...] did not need to hear it, but even still, I’ve been waiting. I have read beautiful accounts from other parents when they heard the words ‘I love you’ for the first time from their [...]

]]> By: Tim http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/2009/01/03/many-ways-to-say-i-love-you/comment-page-1/#comment-3168 Tim Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:58:06 +0000 http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/?p=580#comment-3168 Elysa - that made me teary. How wonderful is that! It seems like as the weeks and months go by, every achievement feels sweeter and sweeter to me. You've walked a lot more miles in these shoes than we have. I imagine that makes it even that much more beautiful when these moments come. It was great to meet Adam, even if it was only a quick 'hi' from us as he passed by on his way to the bathroom. :-) I love seeing the kids in the grades above us. I hope we get to do that more! Elysa – that made me teary. How wonderful is that!

It seems like as the weeks and months go by, every achievement feels sweeter and sweeter to me. You’ve walked a lot more miles in these shoes than we have. I imagine that makes it even that much more beautiful when these moments come.

It was great to meet Adam, even if it was only a quick ‘hi’ from us as he passed by on his way to the bathroom. :-) I love seeing the kids in the grades above us. I hope we get to do that more!

]]> By: Elysa Henegar http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/2009/01/03/many-ways-to-say-i-love-you/comment-page-1/#comment-3156 Elysa Henegar Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:44:42 +0000 http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/?p=580#comment-3156 The night before Adam had dental surgery, we were hanging out with him just doing things he likes to do together as a family. He crawled up on top of me on the couch, hugged me, and said, "I love you, Mommy!" His words were clear and completely unprompted, and the sentence was complete---the first time ever we've not had to pull him slowly through the expression. Then, as I was still basking in the beautiful moment, he looked up at Kevin and said, "I love you, Daddy!" with equal clarity. I remember the days when we pulled him through every syllable like we were walking through cement. You're so right...it doesn't matter how long it takes, it's worth the effort. Keep the faith...:) The night before Adam had dental surgery, we were hanging out with him just doing things he likes to do together as a family. He crawled up on top of me on the couch, hugged me, and said, “I love you, Mommy!” His words were clear and completely unprompted, and the sentence was complete—the first time ever we’ve not had to pull him slowly through the expression. Then, as I was still basking in the beautiful moment, he looked up at Kevin and said, “I love you, Daddy!” with equal clarity. I remember the days when we pulled him through every syllable like we were walking through cement. You’re so right…it doesn’t matter how long it takes, it’s worth the effort. Keep the faith…:)

]]> By: asha http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/2009/01/03/many-ways-to-say-i-love-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2945 asha Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:51:16 +0000 http://www.bothhandsandaflashlight.com/?p=580#comment-2945 bella watches Barney everyday (fav being elmo ),' I love u 'song.but during daytime randomly she will come to me n say 'Barney' so i will sing the song to her, the theme one .than she will join in n sing 'i love u u love me' etc etc n hug me .in fact she hugs me when I just look at her angrily. sterday she was singing song 2 her dad , than stopped and came 2 me and said ' ai yo u' and hugged me i dont know if she knows the meaning or just imitating barney . bella watches Barney everyday (fav being elmo ),’ I love u ‘song.but during daytime randomly she will come to me n say ‘Barney’ so i will sing the song to her, the theme one .than she will join in n sing ‘i love u u love me’ etc etc n hug me .in fact she hugs me when I just look at her angrily.
sterday she was singing song 2 her dad , than stopped and came 2 me and said ‘ ai yo u’ and hugged me i dont know if she knows the meaning or just imitating barney .

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