David: Entertainer

My sister Ruth's second born child is David. He just turned 5. He went through a difficult period when he lost the ability to speak (we think it had a lot to do with his immunization shots that he had an allergic reaction to). His younger sister began to speak more clearly than he did and he was frustrated by the inability to express himself. Fortunately, Ruth was able to get a speech therapist to come help him and he speaks perfectly now. Perhaps it is because of his struggles with speech that David's face became so expressive. When he still couldn't speak well, he would keep me entertained at the dinner table with his adorable expressions. We had our own communication going on and I feel that gave us a special bond. David loves performing to make me laugh. Last summer he came up with this odd way of walking (in order to keep his flip-flops from falling off his feet). It made me laugh so hard, so whenever he caught my eye he would do his walk. His siblings tried to mimic it, but no one can do it like him. I always made my mom laugh, so maybe it is just a second-born thing. Anyway, just thinking of David makes me smile. He loves to sing the catchy theme song from the movie "Madagascar": "You've got to move it, move it." It is so cute when he does it.



David absolutely loooooves his little league baseball team. He used to be so forlorn when he was too young to play and his big brother would go off to practice with his Dad. He is now an enthusiastic player--always cheering, "Go Rays!" One of my favorite stories about David comes from the time when he was still a spectator at his brother's games. He would either play in the dirt or run around terrorizing the little girls whose brothers were playing. He would only wear one of 2 things to each game: his batman outfit with cape or his T-Rex t-shirt. When wearing the T-Rex shirt he would chase the girls and pretend to be T-Rex.



Like his brother, David has a tender heart toward spiritual things. When he repented and asked Jesus to forgive him for his sins and come into his heart, he was deeply grieved over his sin. He was a little confused later because when I asked him about it, he said Jesus didn't take away his sins. He thinks that because he continues to do bad things. He will understand this in time, but I think that is something that all of us struggle with. We know that when we repented, we were forgiven of all sins past, present, and future and yet we continue to do the things we don't want to do and don't do the things we want to do. (See Romans 7:14-25)


What else describes David? His favorite color is blue. He likes superheroes, T-Rex, glow-in-the- dark t-shirts, and cow milk (this is an inside joke). He is very good at Math. He was always so great at anything mechanical. He always takes apart his toys and puts them back together again with ease. He is good at physical things. He learned to climb, jump, etc. sooner in his development than his siblings. David is a sweet boy.