r/MadeMeSmile 18d ago

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

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u/slippery_salmons 17d 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 17d 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 17d ago

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

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u/jessepence 17d 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 17d 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).