OUR GRANDSON WAS BORN IN MAY 2008. HE IS SO BEAUTIFUL. LITTLE BLOND AND BIG BLUE EYES AND THE WHITEST TEETH! HE WAS YOUR TYPICAL BABY LEARNING TO TALK AND WALK. WHEN HE MASTERED HIS WALKING HE THEN STOPPED TALKING COMPLETLY. HE JUMPED ALOT AND MADE SOUNDS BUT NO MORE TALKING. DID NOT MAKE EYE CONTACT. OF COURSE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM. I REALLY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT AUTISM BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A SPECIAL LITTLE PERSON LIKE HEATH YOU LEARN FAST AND READ ALOT ABOUT AUTISM. EVER SINCE HE WAS BORN I'VE ALWAYS CALLED HIM BABY HEATH. I STILL CALL HIM THAT. THE NAME JUST FITS HIM. AS MONTHS WENT BY HE HAD THERAPIST THAT CAME TO THE HOUSE TO TEACH AND PRACTICE DIFFERENT SKILLS WITH HIM. HE LOVES SIGNING TIME DVD'S, DIEGO AND SPONGEBOB. HE USUALLY ONLY WANTS HIS MOMMY TO HOLD HIM SO I DON'T PUSH MYSELF ON HIM BECAUSE I DON'T WANT HIM UPSET. BUT THE CHRISTMAS OF 2009 HE WAS WALKING AND I WAS GOING FROM THEIR LIVING ROOM TO THE KITCHEN. HE CAME UP BESIDE ME AND GAVE ME A HUG. I FELL APART! I STARTED TO CRY AND TOLD EVERYONE THERE HE GAVE ME A HUG. NO ONE COULD'VE GIVEN ME A BETTER CHRISTMAS PRESENT. HE TURNED 3 THIS YEAR AND GOES TO SCHOOL. I CRIED THE 1ST COUPLE OF DAYS HE WENT TO SCHOOL BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO BE LONELY OR SAD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS IN STORE FOR BABY HEATH WHEN HE GETS BIGGER. I DO KNOW THAT MY SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW DO ALL THEY CAN FOR HIM AND GET HIM THE HELP HE NEEDS. HE IS A SPECIAL CHILD FROM GOD THAT HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR HEARTS! WE LOVE YOU BABY HEATH. GRANDMA & PAPPY

Jennifer Moore
Chambersburg, PA