Her eyes shone with nervous excitement and her head was high, her smile the tightly pursed lips of a child bursting to tell, but wanting desperately for me to discover instead of be told.

I looked down at the white page grasped gently in my hand, already showing the reverence, the respect I felt she hoped for and saw this…

Me: “Erm great E, a picture of a horse’s bottom.”

She grabbed it, turned it over and handed it back giggling.

Miss E: “No Mummy. This side.”

And then I looked and I read, and I understood the excitement and the pride and the smile playing on her lips as she watched my eyes wander back and forth over the page.

I couldn’t capture the image too well so of you’re struggling to read it here it is below.

Snow

Snow is the colour of frosty white falling from a sky of misty grey
Throwing shimmering glitter on us at any time of the day.
Snow is as white as a newborn polar bear at two weeks old,
As cold as the big blue sea or a giant freezer.
As soft as a feather pillow or velvet.
As slippery as melted wax that is not dry.
Snow makes snowmen as cute as a puppy.
Snow is cool, literally.

By Miss E (Aged 8 years and almost 2 months)

I think my heart may have melted.

Also, I wanted to thank you so much for all the comments on my post about my fab niece. My sister-in-law was overwhelmed and asked me to thanks you all. I also had a really nice comment from the author of the gorgeous poem I featured (Build Me a Bridge), Thomas A McKean who said,

“This poem of mine seems to pop up on the blogs every now and again. I never get tired of it. At first it was just one of many hundreds of poems I had written. But over time, as I began to see people’s reactions, it has come to mean much more to me. ”

Along with his comment was a link to his site which I visited and I wanted to share a little of his biography with you…

“Thomas was born on June 18th 1965 and was diagnosed with autism at the end of 7th grade. Placed in a psychiatric facility for 3 years, on leaving he went on to study computer science, received his GED and graduated high school a year early, and later studied Mental Health and Journalism.

In 1992, Thomas was asked to run for office on the national board of directors of the Autism Society of America. He served a total of five years on the board and also traveled extensively throughout the USA and Canada, speaking at conferences and doing private consulting for families and school systems in regards to children with autism.

Thomas has written and published two books. The first, “Soon Will Come the Light“, is biographical in nature and covers a lot of behavior and neuro-sensory information on the topic of autism. This book was released in 1994. It took the national ASA award for literary excellence that year and remains in print all these years later.”

His website is well worth a visit especially if you are seeking information on autism and its many forms.