"Remember that we are not normal children learning how to pray. Like Kim (my disabled daughter), we are disabled by the Fall. We have a disorder that mars our ability to talk with God. As Kim needs a speech computer in order to communicate, so we need written aides in order to communicate with God. Deep within the American psyche is the 1960's Romantic idea, originally from Emerson and Rousseau, that if something doesn't feel natural, it isn't real. We think spiritual things - if done right - should just flow. But if you have a disability, nothing flows, especially in the beginning...We will need to persist when prayer doesn't feel natural, especially during the learning stages...Remember, life is both holding hands and scrubbing floors. It is both being and doing."