Lawrence and Maggie had been married for 58 years. They first met when they worked together in a large department store. Lawrence had just gotten out of the navy where he had served on the USS Wisconsin during the Korean War. The day Lawrence saw Maggie step off the bus in front of the store it… [Read more…]
November 1, 2011
They are not saints – they are not superhuman and they are not perfect. The parents of children and adults with intellectual challenges are just ordinary people. They come from all walks of life. They can be wealthy, economically deprived or part of the middle-class. They can belong to any religious faith or have no affiliation whatsoever.… [Read more…]
May 7, 2011
A MOTHER’S LOVE CAN NEVER BE REPLACED. Some of the bravest human beings on earth are the women who attempt to deliver their babies in poverty. Certainly they are not brave by choice but rather by necessity, never-the-less, their courage is inspiring. Their willingness to risk their own lives to bring a child into the… [Read more…]
April 30, 2011
PHYSICALLY & INTELLECTUALLY CHALLENGED CHILDREN IN EXTREME POVERTY ARE AMONG THE MOST VULNERABLE HUMAN BEINGS ON EARTH. In the Western world having a baby born with Down syndrome can be a distressing and confusing time in your life. If your baby is born with severe physical challenges it can be frightening and overwhelming. However, even though a… [Read more…]
February 13, 2011
Over the last 16 months I have written 57 posts, containing more than 50,000 words, and I have never once veered off the topic of extreme poverty…But today I am going to make a single exception. I have written many times on this blog about the importance of love, respect, dignity and compassion, so now… [Read more…]
December 17, 2010
THERE WILL COME A CHRISTMAS DAY WHEN EXTREME POVERTY WILL BE ELIMINATED. That does not mean there won’t be pockets of poverty or that wars and natural disasters won’t produce economic suffering on a short-term basis, but the generational poverty that grips one out of every six persons on earth will no longer exist. We will eventually take… [Read more…]
July 30, 2010
THE WORLD’S RELIGIONS TAKE IN OBSCENE AMOUNTS OF CASH WHILE A BILLION HUMAN BEINGS TRY TO SURVIVE ON ONE DOLLAR A DAY. The subject of religion is fraught with emotion. People become incensed if you do not agree with their way of thinking or if you ridicule their particular beliefs. No one wants to have… [Read more…]
July 20, 2010
IS IT GOD’S WILL THAT OVER NINE MILLION CHILDREN DIE EACH YEAR FROM EXTREME POVERTY? It is impossible to believe that a loving God would want millions of innocent children to die slow agonizing deaths as part of some master plan for the human race. These deaths are not God’s doing, but his followers certainly play… [Read more…]
March 24, 2010
LOVE MAKES US CARE. Love helps us become aware of the suffering of others. It brushes away our indifference. When we begin to care about all of humanity, we can no longer stand by and let millions die. When we begin to feel guilty for allowing others to live in misery it is the first sign… [Read more…]
March 18, 2010
LOVE IS THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE IN THE WORLD. There are many kinds of love, such as the warm love of friendship, the deep abiding love a parent feels for their child and the profound love shared over a lifetime between two people to the exclusion of all others. But there is another kind of love… [Read more…]
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