Yesterday I talked about how thankful I was for the phone calls and conversations between Charlie’s adoptive mom and I. But I am also thankful to the phone calls with Charlie.


Typically phone calls with Charlie, occur before, after, or during my conversation with Charlie. Although, there are some occasions when I only speak with him.

I started talking to him around the time he was two-ish. A. would put the phone to his ear and I’d talk to him and tell him I loved him while he was just babble, giggle, and coo at me. It was cute! A. would attempt to have him say new words to me, but he was not always cooperative on command.

As he began to learn more words and make simple sentences, I would talk to him more. Half the time I couldn’t make out exactly what he was saying but A. was always there in the background to interpret for us.

Slowly, I began to be able to understand him better as he continued to add more and more words to his vocabulary. I now ask him about tons of stuff; anything like how his day was, television shows and movies he likes, school, church, etc. He’s now asking me questions and asks about Noah. He know will tell me he loves me when hanging up without A. prompting him too.

He does a funny thing with phone calls though! He thinks that when he stops talking to me that he should automatically hang up the phone, not hand it to his Mom so we can say goodbye or we can finish talking. She’s had to call me back many a times after he does that!

A. also has him call me on important holidays and occasions. It makes my day when he calls on Christmas day to say, “Merry Christmas.” It makes my day anytime I get the chance to talk to him and for that I am thankful.