At the mall

That mall playplace is something else. Everytime I go there, it seems, I can watch my girl and see her strengths and weaknesses clearly. I suppose that is because she is running around with a whole bunch of other children, and comparing her is easy. Not everytime we go do I have a hard time watching her. There were a handful of times when I could honestly say she seemed no different than the other children. She ran with them, looked at them, tried her best to talk with them, (though the conversations didn't go very far) and laughed with them.
But today was different. Today she went on a few of the 'toys' and then came back to me, climbed in my lap and hung on. She kept saying, "It's so noisy. Who is making all that noise?" Then she would try again but could only last for a few minutes before coming back to rest. We wound up sitting and watching all the other little ones (one of my favorite things to do) while we waited for Morgan and Lance to get done shopping. Then Jaden needed me to carry her halfway through the mall, when we were leaving, due to being tired.
If you pray, please pray. :o)