• Love makes all things possible

  • “…Prayer is a surge of the heart;
    it is a simple look turned toward heaven,
    it is a cry of recognition and of love,
    embracing both trial and joy.”

    ― Thérèse de Lisieux

  • “If you can imagine it, you can achieve it.
    If you can dream it, you can become it.”

    – William Arthur Ward

  • “If I had a flower for every time you made me smile
    and laugh I’d have a garden to walk in forever”

    – Unknown

  • “Family isn’t always blood.
    It’s the people in your life who want you in theirs.
    The ones who accept you for who you are,
    and who love you no matter what.”

    ― Unknown

  • “Find joy in everything you choose to do”

    – Chuck Palahniuk

  • “Alone we can do so little;
    together we can do so much.”

    – Helen Keller

  • “Do not fear people with Autism, embrace them,
    Do not spite people with Autism unite them,
    Do not deny people with Autism accept them
    for then their abilities will shine”

    ― Paul Isaacs

  • “Autism, is part of my child,
    it’s not everything he (or she) is.
    My child is so much more than a diagnosis.”

    ― S.L. Coelho, The World According to August – One Good Friend

     

The Mountain Apple Company
Song: Over the Rainbow / What A Wonderful World
Performed by: Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo‘ole 		Album: Facing Future
Courtesy of: © (p) 1993 The Mountain Apple Company
HAWAII / Big Boy Records

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