Those Baby Blues
Both my kids and I have dark brown eyes. Mrs. Big Daddy has gorgeous blue eyes that sparkle when she smiles. She smiles a lot because I am friggin funny. She blames me for the laugh lines forming around those beautiful eyes. But enough about her and her pretty eyes. This story is about me and Griff.
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Like many kids with autism, Griffin avoids direct eye contact. Like many 46 year old married men, certain ample chested neighbors make me avoid direct eye contact. But I digress. What were we talking about? Is it warm in here?
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Every now and again I like to mess with Griffin and ask him what color he thinks my eyes are. Forgetting about genetics, chances are pretty good that, every once in a while he would guess correctly. He never does. Even if I was looking directly at him earlier in the conversation, he always guesses blue. Then I make him look me in the eyes and we both have a good laugh when he discovers, for the five thousandth time, my eyes are dark brown.
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The other day, on a lark, I asked him what color his eyes were. He’s fifteen. He brushes his own teeth and dresses himself in the morning. He washes his face (occasionally). He has seen countless pictures of himself. I figured he had a pretty good shot at this one. Nope. First guess? Blue. I didn’t correct him. I just told him to go look in the mirror. He returned with a giant smile on his face and the correct answer.
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He then proceeded to talk about the cold snap in Missouri in the 1930s. I’m gonna ask him again tomorrow. Odds?
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Floortime Lite Mama
January 4th, 2013 at 3:14 pm #
love this slice of your life
Happy new year
Geovana
January 4th, 2013 at 8:19 pm #
Just finished reading your book…loved it!
Happy New Year!
Jon Gilbert
January 6th, 2013 at 2:07 am #
Cool story, bro!
Seriously, I can relate…not the exact same scenarios, but similar situations! Keep ‘em coming!
BetteJo
January 6th, 2013 at 3:14 pm #
Oh too funny!
Karen V.
January 7th, 2013 at 1:32 pm #
He must have eyes only for mommy, as it should be!