Love Fiercely - Bodoh, Andrew T
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A Must-Read for Christian Parents of Special Needs Children! Love is fierce. Love is patient and kind, as St. Paul tells us, but love is also fierce. Every parent of a special needs child must discover this. The world looks different to a parent of a child with severe special needs. Those outside the family, looking in, usually see only the hardship or the beauty. There is nothing more tragic, they say. Or The child is an angel. But this is far from the lived reality. In Love Fiercely, a Catholic father offers prayerful insight into the experience of raising and loving his eldest daughter.…mehr

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A Must-Read for Christian Parents of Special Needs Children! Love is fierce. Love is patient and kind, as St. Paul tells us, but love is also fierce. Every parent of a special needs child must discover this. The world looks different to a parent of a child with severe special needs. Those outside the family, looking in, usually see only the hardship or the beauty. There is nothing more tragic, they say. Or The child is an angel. But this is far from the lived reality. In Love Fiercely, a Catholic father offers prayerful insight into the experience of raising and loving his eldest daughter. Elizabeth Bodoh is nearly blind, nonverbal, suffers from epilepsy and cerebral palsy, and loves music. She enjoys cuddles and eating. A shunt manages the fluid on her brain, and a wheelchair helps her family move her. Through this book, Andrew Bodoh offers twelve bottom-line up-front Christian lessons for the parents of children with special needs, and for those who encounter them. In each lesson, Andrew weaves his personal narrative with Scriptural or prayerful reflections-from his memories of a neonatal specialist pressuring his wife to abort the pregnancy, to the health crises Elizabeth experienced even as Andrew's wife delivered their fourth child. At times, Andrew was writing this book from the hospital, with Elizabeth. By embracing his family's vulnerability, Andrew shows the joy of suffering for another, and the painful courage inherent in love. Family and friends of parents raising special needs children will find here a peek into the parents' challenges: from a sense of isolation, to the fear of failure, to constant awareness of their family's vulnerability. This book will equip the reader to provide support and demonstrate their love for these parents. Engaged and recently married couples will discover the fearful and awesome significance of their marriage vows. In sickness and in health is not limited to the wellbeing of the spouses, but extends to all their family. They will see the meaning of spousal commitment, the need for God's grace, and the importance of finding joy in suffering through life's travails. Those committed to pro-life service will encounter a heart wrenching account of the challenges and beauty in choosing life, even when a parent has every reason and opportunity not to. They will find a new approach to understanding, through secular terms, the meaning of human dignity--an approach that finds its full meaning in Christ's Gospel of Life, as enunciated by the late Holy Father, Pope John Paul II. Contents: Lesson 1 I Am Not in Control, and That's Okay: Trusting a Loving God >Lesson 2 Sing in Public: Helping Others Encounter Your Child >Lesson 3 Love Fiercely: Confronting Injustices >Lesson 4 Live in Mercy: Acknowledging Your Imperfections >Lesson 5 Connect to Others: Building a Care Network >Lesson 6 Sacrifice Is Joy: Loving Through the Suffering >Lesson 7 Accept the Preparation: Seeing God in Your Story >Lesson 8 Begin with Human Dignity: Rejecting "Quality of Life" Ethics >Lesson 9 I May Be Broken: Encountering Our Limits >Lesson 10 Walk with Those Who Walk with God: Living in the Mystical Body >Lesson 11 Become the Ones Who Made It Through: Managing Medical Crises >Lesson 12 Be Grateful: Recognizing God's Gift Page 109
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