The Power of the Powerless: A Brother's Legacy of LoveChristopher De Vinck's moving account of his life with his brother made a deep impression on the hearts and minds of Americans. Due to a tragedy at birth, Oliver de Vinck was born severely handicapped--blind, mute, crippled, helpless. Despite the doctors' bleak prognosis, his loving parents took him home, where they and their children cared for him. He lived for thirty-three years. |
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... laugh . Some- times we left the radio on in his room . We pulled the shade down on the window over his bed in the morning to keep the sun from burning his tender skin . We listened to him laugh as we watched television downstairs . We ...
... laugh . Some- times we left the radio on in his room . We pulled the shade down on the window over his bed in the morning to keep the sun from burning his tender skin . We listened to him laugh as we watched television downstairs . We ...
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... laughed and laughed and laughed . That experience is one of the first times I can remember being wedged between something in a significant way , though as a child the only significance I could understand was the strong reprimand I'd ...
... laughed and laughed and laughed . That experience is one of the first times I can remember being wedged between something in a significant way , though as a child the only significance I could understand was the strong reprimand I'd ...
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... laughing fits . He would laugh , and I would run . If we were in the grocery store , I'd run to the next aisle so people wouldn't think that I was with him . I remember thinking as I was growing up , What am I going to say to my friends ...
... laughing fits . He would laugh , and I would run . If we were in the grocery store , I'd run to the next aisle so people wouldn't think that I was with him . I remember thinking as I was growing up , What am I going to say to my friends ...
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