English as well as sign language. My daughter is too young now to learn sign language, but we are able to communicate through facial expressions and pokes and squeezes.
I buckle my kids into their car seats as I prepare to drop my son off at his first day of pre-school. As I drive down the road I look in my mirror and see a giant smile spreading across my son's face . I can tell just how excited he is to experience his first day of school. We walk into his classroom, covered in pictures and artwork, and I see his eyes light up. Slowly all the children gather in circle as the parents file out of the room. I can see children saying by to their mothers and fathers, some cry, afraid to leave their parents for the first time. As I walk out the room I take one last look back and my eyes fill with tears. My son doesn't say a wo
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