This last point may be the most important one of all. As the parent of a special-needs kid, you learn early on that you have been given the gift of seeing the world the way God does. I put gift in quotes because its not an unalloyed joy. God sees a lot of bad stuff. So do you. You see the sadness, the pain, the failures, the fear, the prejudice, the ignorance. Sometimes its overwhelming. But you also see moments of transcendence. I cant even count the number of times that Greg, just by being who he is, has called forth a kind response from a stranger, a smile from someone who was frowning, an upbeat attitude from a cashier who was clearly dragging, or an unexpected assist from someone who went out of his way to help him. Greg has built bridges for me, often to people I disliked or had problems with—he was nice to them, they responded in kind, and suddenly we had commonality. Its a gift that inexorably draws you closer to God. touchstonemag/archives/article.php?id=27-01-012-v
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