As of Late...

As of late, my reading has almost come to a halt, due to work!!!
Work is interfering with my creative side, and my reading time. The balance between work and pleasure has grown WIDE, and I'm weary, worn down and a tad mean!!!
Reading is my escape, my day at the spa, and I need some attention.
So I turned the TV off, and found a great book.
Knowing Jesse by Marianne Leone, is a gift. A gift that everyone should have a chance to experience. Her son had a seventeen year battle with cerebral palsy and died. The book is about his life, her family and a journey that none of us can imagine. Her son was non-verbal and she describes their communication as subtle as the song of a whale, and as complex and yearning as the trumpet of Miles Davis. She was taught to not listen for words, to hear what is under the words. The sounds that her child murmured. Her son , Jesse, never walked, he had seizures daily, and she saw her child, her beloved child. Just like I saw , my Ward.
I would suggest this book to all people in education, especially special ed, but all teachers are special ed teachers, aren't they?
I would suggest that all medical personal read this book, and all mothers who have lost a child.
I left my body, when my son left his. Yet you keep moving, you persevere. This book is about perseverance in the face of adversity, it is for all to read.
Jesse touched my life, he was a gift to me. His mother's unconditional love set to words.
Sometimes we just need to turn the pages of another person's life, and make make my weary mind take pause.