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One of the interesting sub-plots in the memoir about the life of our special-needs son Peter, He Made Us Better: A Story of Faith, Family, Friends (and Football) is the story of Alex Falder. Early in the book I tell how as a little kid, Alex reminded me of the Tasmanian devil in the Bugs Bunny cartoons—a whirlwind of energy, who continuously went spinning from one misadventure to another. Alex became an elementary school classmate and friend of Peter’s, where…..
Yes, you saw the title of this post correctly. While it’s a great thing to compliment your spouse, I’m talking about something different here. In my dictionary, complement means “something that completes, makes up a whole, or brings to perfection.” In my book, He Made Us Better: A Story of Faith, Family, Friends (and Football) I tell about how my wife Sandra and I worked together pretty well as a team to care for our special-needs son Peter over…..
In my new book about our special-needs son Peter, He Made Us Better: A Story of Faith, Family, Friends (and Football) I told the story of Laverne Peak. For probably a couple of decades, Laverne was our contact person for coordinating all of Peter’s home health supplies. None of us ever met her in person, but as a telephone representative for IU Home Health Care, she faithfully did an excellent job for us. Always patient and kind, not only…..
When I wrote my new book He Made Us Better: A Story of Faith, Family, Friends (and Football) about the 39-year journey with our special-needs son Peter, my primary purpose was to inspire and encourage people. And I really wanted it to get to those who especially needed some encouragement. Recently I’ve encountered some pretty convincing evidence that that’s already happening. My day job is being a freelance agribusiness writer. About three weeks ago, I was scheduled to attend…..
In the prologue of my new book He Made Us Better: A Story of Faith, Family, Friends (and Football), I tell how our son Peter had incorporated legendary Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne’s famous words, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going,” into the core of his being. Peter was born with a serious birth defect, which led to a lifetime of physical challenges and medical complications. Scores of surgeries and lengthy hospitalizations were a way of…..
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