Finished reading ‘On Being Sarah’ by Elizabeth
Helfman, how strange that once again the name
of the author – ‘Help-man’ and the Australian
Charles Bliss who developed symbols for children
who could not speak, describe their vocations
perfectly – Sarah who has cerebral palsy and
learnt that some people show their love in gifts
like her father, while others show their love con-
stantly like her mother who took care of her, dumb
and confined to a wheel-chair – her need for her
mother’s love shown in comfort and warmth - like
a bodily hunger in her – - I cried on reading the
story; the beautiful world of a mother’s dedicated
love, comforted and happy myself on discovering
this store of delight – Elizabeth Helfman’s book
became a link between Charles Bliss and people
needing his symbols – and a link between me and
the magical world of devoted love I adore so much!
‘On Being Sarah’ by Elizabeth Helfman
Albert Whitman & Company 1993
23 July 2009
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
-
“This boy’s gonna make it” – ‘n heildronk op my ma, Annemarie: Dit gaan soms broekskeur om met familie klaar te kom want "Famil...
-
Found a perfect rendition of the Arabic alphabet on the Internet, trying to remember the letter KHa is pronounced with a guttural G... -
Looking for the good, ignoring the sad (anything we dislike), according to Abraham’s (Esther Hick’s) website: “You cannot look at what you ...
No comments:
Post a Comment