Tuesday, September 25, 2012

"The Boy They Couldn't Kill"

This is the must read story of the day.

It's incredible. It starts like this:

"In June I drove to Charlotte to meet a boy who should have been dead."

Read the Life Site story, and the sidebar of the  Sports Illustrated story.

This paragraph is stunning and spectacular:

"On the surface, it's hard to imagine a set of life circumstances much worse than this. Which is why I was so astonished when I saw the boy. It's my job to put things into words, but I still can't find the right words to describe him. None of them say it strongly enough. He is the happiest person I've ever met. There's a light inside him that I've never seen anywhere else. I've talked to several other people about his effect on me, and they say it happened to them too. Wherever he goes -- to church, to physical therapy, to the Special Olympics -- he makes people feel better by his mere presence. When he looks into your eyes and says hello, the whole thing feels almost spiritual. And then, of course, you have to ask yourself: If a kid like this can be so happy, what right do I have to complain?"

"How did a brain-damaged infant become a young man of such mesmerizing power? It has something to do with the power of love."

My special needs son is the same ray of sunshine, the same comforting presence.

Thank you Sports Illustrated for publishing this incredible story and for articulating the G-dly presence that these children have, and how they enrich our lives in so many ways.