The Letter "A"

This morning I had one of those "moments".  One of those moments you have when you are raising a special needs child and they do something you didn't realize they could do.  All of the credit and thanks for this "moment" go to Ms. Tyna, his preschool teacher, as I know she is the one that made this moment possible. 

This morning, I had Beau sitting on the potty, hoping that maybe, just maybe he would go (he didn't) and while he sat on the potty he was looking through a football book that I had made for him.  It's a 3 ring binder that holds football cards and pages from Sports Illustrated when they did a special college football edition.  I took the magazine apart and put them in clear sleeves and he enjoys flipping through the pictures.  Anyway.....the other day Andy had mentioned that he thought maybe Beau could identify some letters.  I didn't really think that was possible but decided I would test the theory this morning while he was looking through his book and sitting on the potty.  We came to a page in his book that had PLAYOFF in big letters across both pages.  I said to Beau, "Please point to the letter A".  He didn't hesitate and immediately pointed to the letter A.  Stunned I sat there wondering if it was a fluke.  Turning to a different page I asked him again - same response.  I sat back on my legs and smiled and realized we just had a "moment".  An "ah ha" moment that truly made me appreciate what Beau's teachers have done for him.  It may be he recognized the letter A because it's a letter in his name and they work a lot on his name, but still he KNEW THE LETTER "A"!! Of course, I was too shocked to try out more letters, because just having him recognize that one letter, felt like I had just witnessed him complete a marathon.  It also made me feel a little bit horrible because I've never worked on letters with him because I'll admit, I felt it was way too over his head.  I should know better because every day this little man is proving that inside that head of his is so much knowledge begging to come out - if only the words would work. 

I am proud of my sweet Beau today.  I have learned my lesson and now we will definitely be working on our letters at home.  Shame on me for not realizing!  Today is a great day and is worth a celebration!  Thank you to the special education teachers that do amazing things for these very special children.  Ms. Tyna - you have done amazing things with Beau over the last year and a half and our family is so grateful..

This post is brought to you by the letter "A" - for awesome!