A story about little Chase that touched my heart

There was a little boy in my program named Chase. Chase was the second child of 3 children in his family. Chase and his other 2 siblings were being raised by their father. Chase seemed to be very quiet and didn't speak much. His father explained to us that he used minimal words and that he told the child's physician and the physician referred the child to a speech specialist. After coming into our program I noticed that Chase did not like to play with the other children, he always wanted to be left alone. I always made an effort to go in the classroom and speak to Chase everyday. He never spoke back, but sometimes he would wave at me. A year had passed and Chase was moved to the next room up. I went in his new classroom and I did not notice that he was in there. I was speaking to another teacher in the room and the other teacher kept trying to get my attention. When I finally turned around to acknowledge the other teacher she said "Ms. Erica you didn't hear me, I said Chase was calling your name". I said really, I walked up to Chase and I said what did you say and Chase said "Hi Erica". A tear started to roll down my face and I said you really made my day Chase, now I feel so much better. Chase smiled and gave me a hug and as I walked out the room Chase said "Bye Bye Erica". I had a smile on my face for the rest of the day :) I saw Chase dad the other day when I was going to my car and I asked how was he doing. His dad said "thank you for all that you have done for my son, his speech has improved 100% and he even made the honor roll at his new school". I said really I am so proud of him and tell him I said hello and I am very proud of him.

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