tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32541547.post116251333890116217..comments2023-06-16T06:14:17.580-07:00Comments on beyond assumptions: Popcornstevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275381128126684009noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32541547.post-1162586719343873552006-11-03T12:45:00.000-08:002006-11-03T12:45:00.000-08:00Thanks for taking the time to read and comment! I...Thanks for taking the time to read and comment! It sounds like we really do share a lot in common. I'd love to hear more about your son, if you don't mind sharing -- like how old he was when diagnosed, what interventions you've tried, how all of that has gone, etc.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, thanks again!stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03275381128126684009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32541547.post-1162528625686601152006-11-02T20:37:00.000-08:002006-11-02T20:37:00.000-08:00more cows,I am very grateful as well for the chanc...more cows,<BR/><BR/>I am very grateful as well for the chance to get to know you, even if it is just in this "virtual" space.<BR/><BR/>The l'arche community sounds intriguing to me. I'd love to hear more sometime.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your kind words and prayers for my sons. I, too, pray for a world where people can be valued in such a way. I don't think Jesus ever commented on developmental disabilities, but somehow this notion feels profoundly Christian to me.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03275381128126684009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32541547.post-1162523922303210082006-11-02T19:18:00.000-08:002006-11-02T19:18:00.000-08:00praise God for this precious popcorn moment with y...praise God for this precious popcorn moment with your son. <BR/><BR/>i spent most of today with a l'arche community in which i used to share time. l'arche is an international movement of spiritually based communities where adults with and without developmental disabilities live cooperatively together. i'll probably blog about the experience tomorrow. <BR/><BR/>we were reflecting on the new l'arche international identity statement which concludes with the line "We seek to build a world that recognises the unique value of every person and our need for one another."<BR/><BR/>i celebrate tonight the unique value of your two sons, the particular blessing of the connection you were able to make with your six year old today, and pray that that world where such value and mutuality is central is truly being built so that yours sons receive grace upon grace as they grow. <BR/><BR/>grateful for the relationship we're building through our blogs!more cows than peoplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15848597902402114593noreply@blogger.com