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No Eye Contact, Too

September 3, 2020 5 Comments

By Richard LeDue

It was a toy truck that convinced me it was best for him to see the pediatrician. He didn’t play with it like one would expect, but he turned one of the back wheels with his fingers over and over again. There was no imaginative game of the plastic truck traveling around my parents’ living room. I’d even sit with him and try to show him how to ‘drive’ the truck. However, he’d either go back to the wheel or start lining up his toy blocks.

I had spent months in denial, only to learn acceptance from a six-dollar toy truck.

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  1. Michael D. Brown says

    September 3, 2020 at 11:19 am

    This brought a tear to my eye.

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  2. David Boston says

    September 3, 2020 at 8:06 pm

    Heart wrenching.

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  3. Jen LeDue says

    September 3, 2020 at 10:11 pm

    Oh my heart, my dear husband. You are such a great Daddy to our boy! He is an amazing little man! Perfect just the way he is! I am so proud of you both! Those were hard times but we did what was best for our little man and he has come a long way!

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  4. Liz Falkner says

    September 5, 2020 at 6:35 pm

    That story has the ring of truth , and a sad, sad truth it is. Superb.

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  5. Diane says

    September 6, 2020 at 11:39 pm

    There is relief and freedom when moving on in truth. The hard work ends with a degree of ease and starts instead with an important purpose. Blessings to you and your family.

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