Each year AG Bell puts on a speech fair at Orem Elementary. This year Savanah and her class are to perform the song "Take me out to the ball game. . ." - it's a sports themed fair this year. So this is Savanah's video of her practicing at her Grandma's house (with a little help)! She is doing so wonderfully. I picked her up from her friend's house today and was blown away with our conversation in the truck on the way home. She told me about her entire day at school, how they were learning about weather and that it is still a little bit winter outside. She told me about rainbows and that she is going to see Tinkerbell skate in one day with Grandpa and Grandma (Disney on Ice), she told me how much she loves her friend M and that she doesn't like the big boys, only little boys like T at school. I am so proud of her. I couldn't wait for the day when we would be able to talk, like actually talk. . .her listen, me listen and we both understand each other! It is so wonderful, there is never a moment that I want her to be quiet, never a moment I just want her to stop talking. If there is one thing anyone can learn from Savanah, even if you are around her for just a moment, I think you realize how much we should all cherish our ability to hear, speak, listen, sing, listen to music, hear movies, hear nature, share our opinions, express our emotions through words, listen to life. Everyday Savanah makes me more thankful, thankful for my abilities and her disabilities. She makes me thankful that she is my daughter and I her mother and for all the things she continues to teach me each day. Thanks for talking Savanah (and most of all thanks for listening and being oh so patient with me!)
