She’s been counting to ten, sometimes fifteen even for a few weeks now. So tonight while Lela stood proud in front of her grandma and recited her numbers, I proposed a new challenge.

“Now count backward” I encouraged her.

HMMM I could see the wheels turning in her head as she slowly did a 180 and turned her back to her grandma, then began again…..1….2….3…..4….5.