Storytime Tapestry Newsletter

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Famous People Column – An open Column for all writers

July 23, 2007

Carol,

Here is an old article I almost forgot I had.  Although it has dated by now (by about 2 years), I am hoping you could use it for your "Famous" People Column.

     David, who has Cerebral Palsy, was a quiet baby, born December 23rd, 1971.  David was ten when he discovered his talent for writing greeting card poetry.  At 20, his poetry became about nature, philosophy and eventually God.

     David, raised Jewish, went to temple until his Bar-Mitzvah, at age 13.  He went to school on Long Island and completed 2 years at Nassau Community College majoring in Hotel & Restaurant Management.  David returned to temple, with his friend Susan, also Jewish.  Later, he needed treatment at a Catholic hospital, where he saw people in prayer sessions, giving praise to God and receiving communion.

     Then, his friend Susan became a born-again Christian, causing him to see the Lord and that He was good.  One day, Friendship Unlimited had a cell meeting at UCP Coram, where David was invited to pray.  He felt his prayers were "half-hearted", but after joining Friendship Unlimited, his heart was changed.  Although he does not go to church regularly it's through the Friends for Heaven Sake Newsletter, and Friendship Unlimited (the name of the church's ministry for disabled people) that he experience fellowship in cell meetings and is ministered by the plays at Northport Baptist Church (a multi-faith church).

     He has a job with Skills Unlimited in Oakdale, N.Y. in the workshop.  He says, "God has made a difference, and I want to write poetry, because poetry is how I praise the Lord."

Sincerely,

David Fox

davidirafox@yahoo.com