The Jeremiah Train

Tonight I uploaded a song I wrote about our son Jeremiah, called "The Jeremiah Train". You can listen to it in the Bluegrass Emitter to the right.

Jeremiah is not only the subject of the song, but the star. One of the prominent instruments, in addition to the standard bluegrass instruments that I usually use, is an actual recording of him yelling "CHU CHU!!!".For those of you who don't know, Jeremiah is three and a half years old. He isn't talking like he should. He has emotional problems. He has unusual trouble adapting to situations. We don't have a specific diagnosis yet. It could be part of the autism spectrum.

One thing we recently found out was that he has a duplicate chromosome 15, which is represented by passenger 15 in the song. This isn't a worship song per say. It is a song of faith and declaration that he will overcome the slow start he has experienced and will not only live a normal life, but an exceptional one. "This train was built for mountains".

We refuse to let him be put into a societal box that says he can't live a full and normal life because he has challenges. We expect excellence from him and intend to raise him that way.

We thank God that, since he entered preschool, we have seen tangible progress in his learning ability and demeanor. Once he reaches full speed, no one will be able to stop him.