My First Words

Mia Lekika

8/30/16

My First Words

Little is known of my first words. All that my parents remember is we were living in UCLA housing. The first time my mom heard me was in the kitchen. My first words were Papa, Mimi, and button. My mom said it took me a long time to say Mama. It also took me a long to say any words. Before I started talking, my mom thought that I may have been mute because I was as silent as the wind floating long and far away from the beautiful willows. The doctors told my mom to keep on talking to me every day and I would someday, eventually, start to talk. Fortunattly, the doctors were right and I started to talk when I was 2 years old.