If there is one book that I must recommend, next to the Scriptures, it is the Story of a Soul, the autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux, a French Carmelite nun who entered the convent at a young age of 15 and died at the age of 24. She was canonized by Pope Pius XI […]
Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin
How can you help someone you can’t even understand? When it started becoming apparent that my son’s condition was autism, I was somehow lost in ‘Holland’, so to speak. One of the first books that gave me an eye view of what’s ‘inside’ a person with autism is Dr. Temple Grandin’s book “Thinking in Pictures”, […]
Joy in Suffering
It was one of those dreadful not-so-ordinary days. My son with autism was graduating from preschool and I had to bring him to the venue of his ‘yearbook’ photoshoot. For starters, he had to wear something he doesn’t normally wear: polo, necktie, slacks and leather shoes. Having to fit these prior to the day of […]
The Encourager Who Never Gets Discouraged
How do we encourage others when we ourselves are discouraged? How do we pray when we feel too sad or weak to pray? How in the world is it to boast of one’s weaknesses as St. Paul said in his second letter to the Corinthians? Every once in a while, a friend with a problem […]