The Wordless Man

He cannot speak but he looks at her with hope in his eyes. 

She smiles at him and points out the simple objects as they pass, asking him to repeat them the way you would ask a child, and he obediently does. He seems to understand, but part of his brain is damaged, unable to comprehend the more complex instructions, and he knows. 

He struggles to find the words he wants to express, frustration crossing his face when he cannot find the words he wants to say. 

His wife and his son are light-hearted around him, and I can see a determination on his wife's face as she goes through the exercises - she wants her husband back, but she knows that he will never be the same. 

But there are moments when their eyes meet and they smile, and perhaps some things transcend the damaged brain, and somehow they manage to connect in a way that only they can.