That's one of Jessie's new sentences. When Jess speaks, it usually is in only 2-3 words. Rarely, if ever, does she say an entire full sentence. However, within the past month, she's said Grace before we eat ... "Thank you, Jesus, for this food. Amen." That's 7 words. "Experts" say that a person with Down Syndrome usually reaches their peak of learning at age 12. I beg to differ. Jessie has learned so much more since we took her out of school and have worked with her at home. I'm thrilled that at age 23 she has put 7 words together and said them all at once. Now we're working on the song, Jesus Loves Me. We say it instead of sing it.
I give a lot of credit to Debbie and Rachel who read books to her and Jessie reads along with them. She gets to know the words, as well as getting used to saying a lot of words at once.
Debbie and I went to the funeral home this afternoon for a very dear lady from church who passed away, Jeanne Martin. Her husband, Morris, passed away in 2010. We've known them for over 20 years. Debbie and I took turns going in to the funeral home while the other stayed in the van with Jessie, who kept saying, "Sorry, Jeanne!" "Sorry, Jeanne!" I know that Jeanne isn't sorry, but her family sure is. Jessie spent the next hour or more naming all the people in Heaven that we know, beginning with her dad, of course.
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