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What a heartwarming story! it reminds me of the other day - i was riding on the metro in DC, and i was very dyskinetic. I was feeling a little conspicuous and uncomfortable but trying to pretend nothing out of the ordinary was happening, and hoping nobody would react , when i became aware of a little girl , about two and a half, sitting diagonally across the aisle. SHe smiled happily at me, and much to her mother's chagrin, started "dancing" with me. HEr big grin was infections, and i smiled back, and then her mother must have realised what was happening, because she smiled too, and soon everybody was smiling, and the little girl and i just 'danced'! hilary blue Marling McReynolds wrote: . > I would like to add a little story about my grandson, David. Just > over 2 years ago he was a very shy 8 year old who sometimes > stuttered, especially if he had to speak in front of very many > people, as in class at school. He was embarrassed by this and > tended to be a very quiet person. Then I began to stutter. One > day, late in the afternoon as I drove him home from school, he > noticed my stuttering. He said, "Grandma, you stutter just like > me." I said yes I do now. > He began to overcome his problem from then on. It was as if it was > suddenly ok for him to stutter because his grandmother did too. > He is now a very outgoing boy with many friends and even > performed in a school dialogue play about Martin Luther King this > year. He has almost no stutter left, and he is the most helpful to > me when I just cannot get my words out. > Marling > 51/5 > still trying to laugh > > by the way, ever try to use sign language because you cannot talk, > while your hand is tremoring?? such fun, NOT.