Christmas 1982, Part 1 of 2
Updated: April 18th, 2018 Corrected grammar/spelling mistakes, etc.
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Reply to reviews (chapter 19):
Kensi1997:Thank you for the review! I'm glad you liked it, and I will try not to take so long with updating in the future. :) I'm glad I was able to make it clear that JJ has dyslexia. I wasn't sure if I wanted to go through with it or not, but I'm glad I did! :)
Zhangxinna:Hi! I think you might be new, so welcome to the story. The sign language was something I wanted to do from the very beginning because it will help in the future when things get tough to say with words. I will definitely look into doing Braille, though. :)
Kpop1392as:Thanks for the review! I'm glad you liked the chapter. :) JJ is going to have a very tough life ahead of her due to her Dyslexia, but she'll have her siblings, Emily, and all of Emily's cousins who also have dyslexia helping her out, and she will learn to keep trying to do her best on things. :)
Disclaimers: I do not own Criminal Minds or its characters. I do own both Emily and JJ's extended families, and any other characters you do not recognize.
Spoilers: None.
Rating: K+
Big kids: 10-12 years old.
Little kids: 3-5 years old.
Saturday, Dec. 18th, 1982
*Jareau house*
"All right, everyone, listen up!" Sandy calls out. She and Michael have invited everyone over to explain to the kids how they are going to spend Christmas. "Now, I want everyone to be good and listen. After the adults and I finish saying what needs to be said, then you can you can questions if you have any. Does everyone understand?"
Everyone gives a murmured agreement, except for Jenny who is playing with her Barbie dolls. "Aunt Sandy! Jenny isn't listening." Maggie says, not quiet tattling, but just making it known. Sandy nods, as Rosaline pipes up with an explanation.
"That's because Emily has already talked to her about what Aunt Sandy is going to tell us. She just wanted to be down here with everyone instead of up in her room alone."
"Oh, okay! Then yes, I understand!"
"Good. Now, on to what needs to be discussed. This year we have decided to celebrate Christmas with Emily Prentiss' family." Sandy begins. "She has a lot of cousins, aunts, and uncles, some of whom will be coming to visit for the holidays.
She then turns to Michael and lets him continue. "Because we have decided to spend Christmas with her family, my friend David has been kind enough to loan us the community center. We are going to be having Christmas Eve dinner with our individual families, and then spend Christmas day at the center with Emily and her family."
The adults continue to explain, telling them they'll take a tree and decorations over early, and everyone can help with it. Then it moves on to who is going to be helping where; little kids will be in charge of making ornaments because they will not bring over very many from the house. And the older kids will be in charge of helping in the kitchen; preparing the pies, helping with getting the tables set with the appropriate plates and silverware, etc.
"Does everyone understand so far?" Sandy asks. Again, everyone gives a murmured agreement, so the adults decide to move on to the questions. "Does anyone have any questions?"
Hands shoot up across the room. "What if the older kids want to make ornaments too?" Rosaline asks.
"Yes, once everything has calmed down, you will be able to switch. The older kids can go make ornaments, and the little kids can help cook. Any more questions?"
There's, "Are there gonna be any guys to hand out with?" from Elijah, and, "what kids for us to play with, Aunt Sandy? Are there gonna be any 5-year-olds for us to play with?" from Maggie.
"Yes, Emily does have teenage cousins for you to hand out with, Eli. The same for you, Maggie. There are going to be plenty of kids of all ages for everyone to play with or hang out with."
It goes on like this for the next few minutes. Finally, everyone is satisfied with the information, and they begin to eagerly get ready to help load up and take the tree and decorations over to the community center early.
Here it is. Extremely short as I have hit a roadblock with this story. This story may be on a break unless I can get to writing again. Please review, let me know what you thought. Let me know if there's anything specific you want to see.
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However, when she is at Amber and Jack's house, JJ is constantly being robbed of her independence. She can't get dressed by herself or have privacy to get unclothed. and Jack won't let her pour her own drinks or use regular utensils. He insists that she needs to use 'toddler' forks and spoons and he claims that she is not capable of using a normal cup, instead, forcing her to use a sippy cup that is more like a bottle.
He also insists that Amber lay out her clothes, Jen getting absolutely no say in it. And all this does is confuse and upset her. She feels as if her own opinions are not important or don't matter. She never knows when she'll get in trouble, what she will or won't be able to do by herself, or how many times in a row she'll be allowed to do it before the ability is ripped away.