this few days has been beautiful for me as i fellowship with stephen. from our usual "distant" togetherness we had been having cheerful and peaceful moments.

monday was great as we play together on his bed, sing songs and having him fill up the last word. we had much fun and as i leave for work, he willingly say "good bye" and kisses with lots of smile on his face.

tuesday we were able to continue the trend. when we were doing pillow throwing, he was able to say "up", "down", "throw" without promting at all. that's communicating intentionally i believe. there were also occassion that he asked me to "come", asked for "water", using these words it is context.

when he was in the car the other day, he was listening to the song "march in the infrantry" and he actually said "yes sir" at the right part of the song although there wasn't this part in our CD, then he also sang some parts of the song. of course, if we are not listening to the song, we proberly won't catch it bec his words are not too clear. i realised that when he follow CDs to sing, his words are usually not too clear compare to when he repeat our words.

going to school has been a breeze for me. starting this year he has been ok to leave home with me, esp these few weeks. when we reach school he is ok to walk . so he no longer need to be driven to the school pouch to be alighted. i use to think he is like the "big boss" when he reach sch his teacher got to open his car door and welcome him., then he go in without making "noise". hope days light this is over.

yesterday was interesting. when he came back from school, he came into the house took off his socks put his shoes into the shoes cupboard, all by himself without being asked to. then we told deborah to learn from his brother. came to think about it, a special child will also do special things at the most unexpected moments. so they have special need, likewise they can also give special treats.

stephen seem also to be better to his new teacher now, more cheerfullness on his face as he reach sch and after sch.

tomorrow he will been going with deborah to her sch. we have arrange for him to try out interacting with children of his age. really thank God for the opp as not many sch would have allowed him to try at all. deborah is all excited.

now abideth love, hope and faith. the greatest is love. we are discovering the depth of these words in our special situation.