What they hear

Brad & I often wonder if we get through to William. If we are doing a good job filling his 'love tank'.
We're taking a parenting class and we've been talking about affirming our children . . . building them up. So we have tried to be intentional in affirming him lately. But does he know that he is special? That we think he is great. That God thinks he's special. Does he hear it when we say it?
So often, I don't think he's listening. He sees our mouths moving. He hears noise. But it goes in one ear and out the other.
This is evident when we tell him to do something and then say, "Do It!". His response, "Yes." He didn't listen. He heard noise, but it never made it to his little brain. He has no idea what we've told him to do. We could have said, "Get in the car, we're going to see Mickey." And if he was in "the zone", he has no clue what we just said. Too bad there's not a light on top of his head - you know, like on a taxi - that says, "With ya" or "Brain is on a break".
Then . . . the sweetest thing happened. I was getting him out of the car. I leaned down to straighten his clothes. He proceeded to wrap his precious hands around my cheeks and hold my face and then said in a sweet loving voice, "Mom, you are Special."
Isn't that the best!