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Amy Sondova's avatar

“Who could ground you to pass mere folded notes across rows of desks?”

So good. You write with such eloquence and beauty, Rebecca! ❤️

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Rebecca D. Martin's avatar

Thank you so much, my friend.

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Susi Forshey's avatar

Such a bittersweet, good story. Did you read ultra-fast, too?

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Rebecca D. Martin's avatar

Susi, you know, I have always read slowly, though voraciously. But I think that's less because of language processing and more because I feel I must sit with the meanings, fully comprehend what's going on, before moving on. Though now I wonder--I might not have developed that response yet as a young child. Maybe I did read fast as a kid--? Did/do you?

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Christina M. Wells's avatar

This is a beautiful piece. This part especially struck me: "You were the girl who held words like blown glass, like a fire, like water coursing through your hands since the day you were born."

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Rebecca D. Martin's avatar

Ah, thank you, Christina!

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Kim Hardy's avatar

So beautiful 🤩. My grandson taught himself how to read at 2 1/2 years old. He absolutely astonished us with his proclivity for words. He read everything he could get his hands on ... until he started attending public school.

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Rebecca D. Martin's avatar

Kim, it makes me so sad when school dims the desire for language and story.

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Kim Hardy's avatar

I keep telling him that he is going to be a writer 😊

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Rebecca D. Martin's avatar

Clearly! It’s in his genes :)

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Carri's avatar

"How can anyone say anything when meaning hangs in the very air, refracting light into every mote and cell?" Yes, this is what the world feels like. Thank you for articulating it.

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Rebecca D. Martin's avatar

Thank you for being here and understanding, Carri!

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Tiffany Chu's avatar

Beautiful, Rebecca. I especially loved this: "How can anyone say anything when meaning hangs in the very air, refracting light into every mote and cell? Enveloped in language, you are the woman who listens, who sees."

People at school thought I was mute in preschool, too.

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Rebecca D. Martin's avatar

Thank you, Tiffany! And I’m not surprised; you see the world so deeply.

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Janna Y. Barber's avatar

We girls ponder so much in our little autistic hearts. Why speak when so many don't know how to listen, or may not understand even when they do?

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Kellie Brown's avatar

Beautiful writing, as always, gorgeous metaphors and turns of phrases. You and I are different yet the same, maybe yin and yang. I was chastised in school for excessive talking but I never said what I really needed to say. I didn't know how. I always wanted a friend where we could wear the twin necklaces that was each a half of a heart. I have found that friend in you, wearing our shared necklaces of words.

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Rewilding Neurodiversity's avatar

Beautifully written. Thankyou

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Rebecca Moon Ruark's avatar

Beautiful and moving!

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Julie M Green's avatar

Beautiful! I feel this 💜

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Karen Salmansohn's avatar

Beautiful! Love! ❤️

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