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  This is a very great article!  I had a first cousin, Emma Lois Smith, now deceased, who was born with Cerebral Palsy.  She was very intelligent, and had a Master's Degree, but was not appreciated for who she really was!  I've known other's with children and/or grandchildren who are wonderful people, and not understood their whole lives! Share this on Facebook (opens in new window) Share this on Twitter (opens in new window) All sharing options President Joe Biden hands a pen to artist Tryee Brown on July 26 after signing a proclamation celebrating the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. July is Disability Pride Month.   Susan Walsh, Associated Press On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law, ensuring that people with disabilities do not face discrimination in their public lives, including the ability to get an education, get and hold a job, have access to transportation and t...

This is a touching story.  I hope we can each do something, probably small, to lighten someone else's day today! How A Simple Styrofoam Cooler Changed a Family and a Village By  Becky Douglas  · June 9, 2020 To see how you can help with the efforts of Rising Star Outreach,  CLICK HERE . On a recent phone call with our Chairman in India, Padma Venkataraman, she mentioned that she had a surprise photo for me. She told me I probably wouldn’t believe she had taken it this week. She sent the following photo, and she was right—I could hardly believe it. Sixteen years ago, a terrible tsunami hit the Indian Ocean killing nearly 250,000 people across several countries. Rising Star Outreach jumped in immediately with tsunami relief. We replaced destroyed fishing boats and fishing nets for kuppams, (fishing villages,) which were the hardest hit segment of the society in India. With new boats and the replaced nets, the kuppams were able to r...

This article, like others by Richard and Linda Eyre and their daughter, is quite long, and you may want to take a couple of days to really understand their wisdom and suggestions.  It is really an inspiration to read this! Overcoming the Obstacles to Family Revelation By  Richard and Linda Eyre  and  Saydi Eyre Shumway  · June 8, 2020 Editor’s Note:  New York Times #1 Bestselling Authors Richard and Linda Eyre join forces with their daughter Saydi (an “in the trenches” mother of four young children) to produce this series on the why-tos and the how-tos of receiving the Direct-Stewardship inspiration, guidance, and revelation we need to create strong and righteous families in this difficult world.  This is article 7 in a multi-part weekly series which will run here in Meridian every Tuesday. ( Click  here  to read article 1 ,  here  to read article 2 ,  here  to read article 3 ,  here ...