In 2007 all my family got together to celebrate my sister-in-law’s birthday. She picked the new steak house in town and of course there was an hour’s wait for a table. We were sitting in the lobby and talking with some other patrons.
A couple came in with their 21-month-old son, and he became instant friends with our 13-month-old granddaughter, Adelyn. She was sitting in my lap as she and her new friend chatted in their own way. I didn’t think much about it until Adelyn pointed at something on the opposite wall and said something like “Doey doey akie akie.” Just childish jibberish? I would have thought so, but then the little boy, whose back was to that wall, pointed to the same area and answered with a similar phrase. It was clear to me that they knew exactly what they were talking about, even though we adults had no clue. Things like this continued to occur every time Adelyn was in the company of other children.
I started to wonder if there was a language that only children could understand. I did not mention it to anyone, but kept the thought in my heart.
In 2010, when our second granddaughter, Jubilee, was about 15 months old, she would speak long sentences and call toys names that, even though I do not know the Lithuanian language, I said must be the tongue she was using. I tried to respond when she looked directly at me and talked, just hoping my response in English, might be correct.
I began to wonder if babes, whom we like to regard as gifts from above, may still remember a language spoken only in Holy realms. I recall the apostle Paul mentioning a higher language spoken by angels.
Now, in 2024, our third granddaughter, Ellie, is 15-months old and talking just like the others did. I realize that she could just be learning to make sounds and repeat words she hears. But I also believe that she could be talking in a language that we grownups have forgotten. The saying that ‘something is lost, and something is gained in living day to day,” just may apply to our understanding of words as adults.
So, let’s all remember, when our little one is speaking words we do not understand, they may be just practicing sounds and learning words, or they may be talking to God… about us.
A couple came in with their 21-month-old son, and he became instant friends with our 13-month-old granddaughter, Adelyn. She was sitting in my lap as she and her new friend chatted in their own way. I didn’t think much about it until Adelyn pointed at something on the opposite wall and said something like “Doey doey akie akie.” Just childish jibberish? I would have thought so, but then the little boy, whose back was to that wall, pointed to the same area and answered with a similar phrase. It was clear to me that they knew exactly what they were talking about, even though we adults had no clue. Things like this continued to occur every time Adelyn was in the company of other children.
I started to wonder if there was a language that only children could understand. I did not mention it to anyone, but kept the thought in my heart.
In 2010, when our second granddaughter, Jubilee, was about 15 months old, she would speak long sentences and call toys names that, even though I do not know the Lithuanian language, I said must be the tongue she was using. I tried to respond when she looked directly at me and talked, just hoping my response in English, might be correct.
I began to wonder if babes, whom we like to regard as gifts from above, may still remember a language spoken only in Holy realms. I recall the apostle Paul mentioning a higher language spoken by angels.
Now, in 2024, our third granddaughter, Ellie, is 15-months old and talking just like the others did. I realize that she could just be learning to make sounds and repeat words she hears. But I also believe that she could be talking in a language that we grownups have forgotten. The saying that ‘something is lost, and something is gained in living day to day,” just may apply to our understanding of words as adults.
So, let’s all remember, when our little one is speaking words we do not understand, they may be just practicing sounds and learning words, or they may be talking to God… about us.