r/MadeMeSmile • u/bendubberley_ • 16d ago

Wholesome Moments Autistic non-verbal boy speaks directly to his mother for the first time.

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u/mistiry 16d ago

My daughter was nonverbal until she was 4. She would occasionally make sounds similar to words. One day I was home from work on lunch break, I worked 5 minutes away and would come home for lunch to save money.

I was leaving to head back to work, kissed my wife and then my daughter who was sitting in a high chair also having lunch. I told her "bye, I love you!".

She replied with a crystal clear perfect "I love you" back.

The reaction from my wife and I was similar to this mom. Hearing her speak at all, let alone telling me she loves me, is one of my strongest memories now. I remember it often and this video brought back all the emotions.

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u/slippery_salmons 16d ago

In the 90s when my sister was four or so, my dad was holding her walking through a store. They made eye contact and he smiled at her and she said "don't go chasing waterfalls". She didn't talk again for many more months.

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u/foldor 16d ago

Yeah, that had to be the 90's. The kid had an ear worm she just had to get it out of her system.

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u/Johannes_Keppler 16d ago

After that she stuck to the rivers and the flows that she was used to.

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u/jessepence 16d ago

*the rivers and the lakes

Sorry, I've sung that song approximately 4,000 times at karaoke so it's pretty much embedded in my brain.

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u/Johannes_Keppler 16d ago

I didn't want to look it up. But it didn't help, the song has been stuck in my head all day today (evening here already).

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u/AuburnGrrl 16d ago

I hated that song, lol…the ‘no more lonely cries’ line especially grates on my nerves.