me do (published work)

Published in Memory Makers Magazine, Celebration Gallery '07 issue

Journaling:
OK. So, it isn’t exactly grammatically correct. But we had waited so long for you to start talking, to say even one word – much less, to put TWO words together! So, when I heard you insist, “Me do! Me do!” as you tried to buckle your car seat, I decided then and there that it would go down in the annals of our family history as your very first sentence! Stretching it? Maybe. As the mommy, I reserve that right. Whether it truly qualified as “a sentence” or not is really unimportant. We were so proud of you, and of your new-found ability to communicate. For you, the pride in buckling yourself seemed far more important. It truly was a big day.