One Heart, One Mind Why this site? Certainly, there are plenty of websites out there that deal with special needs children. The purpose of this site is to have a place where Latter-day Saints can discuss -- in unselfconsciously LDS terms -- "the blessings and the stressings" of raising a special needs child. Here we share more than our experience as parents. As brothers and sisters in the gospel, we begin our conversation speaking the same dialect, as it were. We start off already knowing some basic things about each others' hearts. We share a world view . . . in fact, a beyond-this-world view.I was overcome with this sense of relationship when we visited Wales in 2006, our oldest daughter having just married and taken up residence there. We attended Sacrament Meeting in the borrowed rooms of an old school. It was Primary Program day. As those shining little children said their practiced parts in their charming accents and sang of forever families, I felt an intense kinship to them and every one of the other 13 million people in the world who "love to see the temple." The Plan of Salvation offers perspective to all life's challenges, including and perhaps especially, our shared one. Restored knowledge of the purpose of this life, and the role of individual choice both before and during this life, give context to that challenge. The example of our Savior Jesus Christ in choosing to accept and bearing without bitterness His earthly mission, inspires us. His infinite Atonement that extends mercy when we stumble under the weight of ours, comforts us. And then we have each other -- to mentor and to be mentored by, to lean on and to be the shoulder, to cry with and -- this is important -- to laugh with.Lisa Riska, Website Administrator
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