Welcome to AJC!: "Jeff rarely speaks in a logical manner, if at all. But his mother recalls one painful moment last fall when he did speak.
The family had piled into their SUV and driven to the Stone Mountain foster home to spend a few hours with Jeff and take him to a nearby Taco Bell for lunch. When they arrived to pick him up, Kathi walked into the house.
'OK, Mommy,' he said when he spotted his mother. 'I'm ready to go home.' "