{"id":909,"date":"2007-06-04T15:13:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-04T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog2\/2007\/06\/listen\/"},"modified":"2007-06-04T15:13:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-04T15:13:00","slug":"listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/listen\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are here, we are here, we are here!<\/span>
…A person’s a person, no matter how smallish.<\/span>
Dr. Seuss, Horton Hears a Who<\/span><\/p>\n

Ned and I managed to sneak out to dinner last night. We gave Nat his pills a little early to make sure he would be at his calmest, (per our doctor’s advice) and we talked to him about our plans all through dinner. We must have repeated the following conversation 20-30 times:<\/p>\n

Nat: “Mommy and Daddy going out to dinner, come back at bedtime.”
Me: “That’s right, Nat, Mommy and Daddy are going out to dinner and we will be back by your bedtime.”
Nat: “Mommy and Daddy going out.”
Me: “Yes, Honey.”<\/p>\n

Over and over. Finally I got so tired of this, and so annoyed, because it just didn’t seem to be sinking in or making him any calmer. In frustration, I flipped open my laptop and tried to block him out for a moment. <\/p>\n

Nat suddenly said, “Listen.” <\/p>\n

I looked up. He was staring right at me, those periwinkle blue eyes wide open.<\/p>\n

He said it again. “Listen.”<\/p>\n

My face was turning red, my heart, burning. “Yes, Nat, I’m listening.”<\/p>\n

“Mommy and Daddy going out to dinner, come back at bedtime.”<\/p>\n

“That’s right, Darling.” <\/p>\n

He was fine last night.<\/p>\n

Lest any of us forget, these children of ours who can’t always speak: they are here. 100%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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