Overheard
November 19, 2008 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Health
Charlie runs into the grocery store and grabs a shopping basket and hums happily on his way to the sushi section.
“Sounds like an owl,” I hear a young man say to a woman who, by her apron, is also an employee. I pause and say, easily, “Yeah, he does the humming because he’s so excited. It calms him down.”
The young man drifts away. The woman smiles, openly and relaxed, and says, “I stock that section and he really like sushi.”
I smile back and shrug, “Oh yes, and he likes it here best.”
And I’m thinking about how good—how great it is—that Charlie has a voice and uses it. So I know just where he is.
Too cute! He sure does love Sushi.
One of the aides at school asked me where we get his—-guess it makes for a good-looking lunch in his lunchbox!
Pete loves sushi, too, and always impresses others with his exotic food choice when he brings it to school for lunch!
My son loved to hum. He had to go through a time at school where he learned that there were times that were and were not appropriate for it.
My daughter, Kim 20 yrs.old, just tried sushi for the first time a few weeks ago. NEVER thought we would get that far. Of course it was mild (cucumber)…one small step for Kim-kind.
I am impressed that this young man liked something with so much texture.