INCEST SYMPTOMS

One night, a little girl was born. They decided to name her Helen. When she was around 2 years old, she became sick which caused her to go completely deaf and blind. She had no way to communicate with anyone, nor did her family know how to communicate to her. They hired a teacher, Anne Sullivan, to come and work with her. Anne took Helen from her house into a small cottage in the woods. (Helen kept running back to her mother when Anne demanded too much from her. Helen was used to getting her way. She was set in her old, stubborn ways. But as her teacher, Anne knew that was NOT what was best for her.) So they had to start fresh. Completely new. In a place where she had never been before away from contact from everyone. It was only Helen and Anne.

Every day Anne would use sign language by making different hand shapes into Helen's hands. Slowly this would give Helen a language. They certainly shared their days of emotional roller coasters. Anne would show her meanings and labels for different things. Helen could copy the signs, but not fully understand what they meant. But Anne did NOT give up. Every day new seeds were planted and old seeds were watered. (New signs were given, and old signs were reviewed.)

Until one day, Helen understood. Helen felt the water running from the water pump while Anne signed water into her hand. And Helen understood that that hand gesture was supposed to be the label for the water. That day, that one seed ... opened the doors to a language for her. And changed the rest of her life. In the frustration, in the isolation, LIFE came from it.

To be fully immersed in that environment with only her teacher, Helen was able to stay focused. And what came from it? LIFE. To stay fully immersed with God, OUR Teacher, LIFE and PEACE will arise from it.