One day, Naomi rubbed Gladys’ right arm up and down, stared into her eyes, and then began to sing, “Jesus loves me, this I know.” As Naomi continued to sing, Gladys began to keep tempo with her right hand. When that song was finished, Naomi rubbed both of Gladys’ cheeks with her hands as she began to sing, “He’s got the whole world in his hands.” Something amazing happened when Naomi started to sing the verse, “He’s got the mothers and the fathers in his hands.” Naomi sang, “He’s got the mothers and the fathers,” and Gladys, who could not speak, responded antiphonally, “in his hands.” After
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