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Inspirational prayers, experiences, and reflections
I hope you find them as inspirational as I have
If you have any prayers, stories or personal experiences you would like to share, please feel free to send them to me.
Taking the Handicap out of Disabilities
This article gives suggestions on how to relate to people with disabilities, how to look beyond the disability and look at the ability and the personality- the things that make each of us unique and worthwhile.
The person that sent this stated, "This story seemed appropriate to me. There are many voices telling me that I can't do what I am convinced I should do when it comes to proceeding with my agrarian plans. I pray I can be like the deaf frog in the following story. I am 40% there because my left ear has lost most of its hearing in the past 6 months. Maybe this is a blessing????"
The Penny
A very nice story about a rich person and priorities.
The 10 Commandments of Creating Community
Kathie Snow has written a simple 10-point list to encourage people to move away from categories and move more and more into their community.
Kathie Snow who hosts the "Disability is Natural" Website www.disabilityisnatural.com sent this beautiful story. The author Dawn Machonis captures everything I would like our Church to be. I think when you read this, you may see your feelings expressed here as well.
Beatitudes for Persons With Special Needs
For over 20 years the Office of Disability Services & Ministries of Cleveland Catholic Charities has used this prayer to begin its meetings. It is prayed with persons with disabilities to remind us of our commonality and our God-given differences that enliven the church with a diversity of ministries and possibilities. Persons with disabilities teach us new ways to understand the human person and to understand the love of the God of all of us.
Some Mothers Get Babies With Something More
This was submitted by a person to express the expectations of a mother as she expects a baby. It is a nice meditation on the blessing of receiving a gift you didn't quite expect. This is taken from: http://loriborgman.blogspot.com/2005/05/mothers-who-get-something-more.html
Religion and Disability: Are All Welcome?
Kathie Snow presents some considerations on the inclusion of persons with disabilities into the church community. She presents some suggestions to further the integration of persons with disabilities into the believing community.
"Welcome to Holland" by Emily Perl Kingsley
What is it like to have a child with disabilities born into your family?
There is a “death experience” that one encounters. There is a loss of certain hopes and dreams but also the possibilities of new dreams if one can see past the lost hopes. This piece reminds us to not spend a lifetime mourning what might have been, but to look at a loss as an opportunity for discovering something very different, but perhaps also equally or more, wonderful.
"Welcome to Beirut" by Susan F. Rzucidlo
This piece was submitted by Cindy, who is a parent of a child with autism and feels this captures many of the emotions parents may feel.
This presents a different side of the picture presented in "Welcome to Holland". I personally feel that many parents of children with any disability and not just autism will identify with these emotions. If you read it this way there are many feelings that connect all of us and this is a valuable lesson to learn...we are in this together!
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