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My oldest son was right at 2 years old before he even bothered to say his first words. Yes, we were worried, and we were getting ready to see a specialist. He was normal in every other way, he just wouldn’t talk. Whenever he wanted something, he simply pointed and grunted.

One day around Christmas time and near his second birthday, he finally spoke his first sentence. We were walking through the local mall and I had him on my shoulders, as he liked being up there so he could see what was happening around him. As my wife and I stood in Line at a register to pay for a purchase, he started patting me on top of my head.

I asked him what he wanted, expecting him to point down and grunt. Instead, he said “I want down.”

My wife and I looked at each other asking each other what he said. We couldn’t believe it! After the wife and I went back and forth asking what the other heard, a very nice older lady standing in line next to us said “he clearly said he wants down!”

We were so happy it was like we were celebrating right there in the store. From that moment on, he spoke in sentences and stopped pointing and grunting.

Same son is now going on 18 and we’re in process of visiting colleges as he’’ll be graduating high school this year. He’s maintained a solid 3.5 GPA up to now and got a 32 on his ACT. He’s looking to get into law enforcement and wants to work for the FBI. God help me, I have no idea why.