Joanne Slanger

Yes. “Scenes With My Son”, a book written by. Dr. Robert Hubbard, begins by telling the reader about the early years of his precious and brilliant son, August, an Autistic, passionate son, who loved a good laugh and for most of his elementary years in school read the most books in his class. August’s story then moved us to the time when Auggie was affected with serious clinical depression as he entered puberty. What follows is August (known as Auggie) is his extreme and unimaginable suffering. His parents’ devotion and love was exemplary as they attempted to help Auggie in every way possible including weekly appointments with a trusted counselor and admission into a psychiatric hospital three times. At nineteen, Auggie was unable to bear his suffering anymore and took his life. The third part of this amazing book tells about the gifts of grief as Auggie’s family moves through through their unimaginable suffering and to Our Lord’s extreme blessings as his mother and father and two remaining brothers heal enough to be able to live together without Auggie while keeping him ever in their hearts.