All God's Children
Jordan, Patrick
In Brief ALL GOD'S CHILDREN, by Dorothy Gauchat, Ballantine, $2.50, 161 pp. This is the challenging, true story of the Gauchats, an Ohio family who opened its doors and hearts to a...
...today...
...There is no time for tears," she writes when putting aside her own wounds to care for others...
...What began simply enough as a response to an individual child's need for special foster care, evolved into a total commitment to care for the retarded, culminating today in a series of remarkable homes in Avon, Ohio...
...Hers is a model that bears emulating...
...She and her book have uncommon strengths...
...All God's Children is likely to inspire a similar confidence in all its readers...
...Yet she can continue to cry herself to sleep countless nights...
...Dorothy Gauchat tells her story from the vantage point of one who has not only served the retarded in a practical and creative way (paralleling in some respects the work of Jean Vanier), but also one who has personally shared the passion of her own child's retardation...
...This ongoing story was initiated by faith and is maintained by it still...
...P.J...
...It is this combination of sensitivity and character that place her in the forefront of developing small, humane, truly beautiful communities for those with handicaps in the U.S...
...This is the challenging, true story of the Gauchats, an Ohio family who opened its doors and hearts to a succession of handicapped children...
Vol. 112 • September 1985 • No. 16
