Different, by Sally Clarkson and Nathan Clarkson, is the book I've been waiting for. As the parent of an "outside the box" kid, I find the insights shared by both the authors to be encouraging and inspiring.
Nathan, one of several children in the Clarkson family, lives with severely impacting learning disabilities and mental disorders. As a child, he stood out in stark contrast to his siblings, even though others in his family had varying disabilities of their own. He was clearly "different" in a way that challenged his parents to the limit. Yet his mother, Sally, courageously undertook to understand him, help him, homeschool him, encourage him, and train him up to be a man of sterling Christian character. She also helped him to become who God made him to be: a filmmaker using his "different" creative instincts to be a light in the movie industry.
Two of my sons have learning disabilities, one more profoundly than the other. We are also a homeschooling family, and I am in the process of training them up to, hopefully, be men of sterling Christian character who go out into the world to do what God made them to do. Different hit a resonant chord in me as I cheer on my sons--one of whom is a budding videographer who best expresses his thoughts and feelings through videos and photography.
If you are the parent of an outside the box kid, or are a teenager or adult struggling with being "different," this book will encourage and inspire you too.
I received a copy free of charge from Tyndale Publishing Company in exchange for a fair review. If you would like to know more about the authors, go here and here.
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