My Words will be regular feature of this blog. My Words will be where our peer representatives, people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD), share their spirituality with us in their own words. We hope that you find the profound wisdom that they express in simplicity.
     Today we introduce you to Ron O’Sullivan. Ron is a 60 year old man with IDD. Ron has been a member of NAfIM for many years, having served as peer representative on our board of directors for 2 terms. He is a very spiritually oriented man who has a high skill level in music, singing, and playing guitar.
     Ron works at a Kroger store, and lives independently in an apartment with his 2 white doves, and a parakeet. Outside his window, he has planted a little garden where he grows tomatoes and a few herbs. He attends daily Mass and is a third order Franciscan.
  Recently, Ron has been concerned that although we as a society put an emphasis on taking care of our physical health, we tend to under nourish our spiritual well being. This is an article he sent to me with the request that we put it in our blog. I have left Ron’s wording, spelling and punctuation just as he sent it: