The best gift I got for Christmas was a gift Emmy got for Christmas.
Emmy got a “phone” (iPod Touch) for Christmas and it’s one of the greatest gift’s I’ve ever received!
Every time I get one of her iMessages–it’s random and sporadic–I’m instantly reminded of the time, when she was maybe four or five months old, when we were giving her a bath in the kitchen sink and she signed “all done” to us. Oh my God, she communicated! It’s a miracle!
So much communication nowadays.
It’s a special time and it won’t last long. Emmy turned seven about a month ago. She’s still learning to read and write. When she sends or receives a message, she has to sound out the words, assemble them, and convert them into a thought. There is effort behind every word. It’s not the impulse act that it is for us “olds.”
If you put it into the proper context, it is a bit of a miracle.
Her haphazard use of emojis is pretty cute, too.