Motivational speaker debuts heartwarming memoir
Coronavirus cases are surfacing in K-12 schools that have reopened, scores of students and staff have been quarantined and teachers are pledging not to show up to school when it reopens, leaving a void to fill. Motivational speaker and mentor Stephen Simpson, author of Speech Therapy fills this niche with straightforward spiritual guidance and humorous anecdotes packed into one powerful book.
Simpson’s speech disorder is the defining struggle of his early childhood. So much so, his inability to express himself shows up in just about every aspect of his young life. But early on, he leans on a God who propels him to love himself and to forgive those who mean him harm. For example, he proves the power of forgiveness when he befriends a school bully and ultimately forgives him.
Simpson engages readers, both young and old, with inspiration and humor at the heart of this memoir:
“Although I must say, as a young kid there is something that gets you going from being tackled to the ground with a ball in your arms and fire ants tearing into your ankles. I got tackled more without the ball than with the ball for some odd reason.”
Simpson turns obstacles into opportunities as he navigates a world where words do not come easily. As he faces both academic and economic battles, he challenges us to do better and to be better than our shortcomings.
A hilarious journey of self-discovery takes readers hostage, without kicking and screaming, willingly down memory lane with family traditions that play a major role in his life, then and now.
Simpon's inspirational message offers a bright future for kids with language issues and even goes a step further by calling on them to have faith in God and to love one another. Without limits.
According to experts, many children are struggling to imagine their futures; and Speech Therapy is just in time for today’s dilemma where optimism and spirituality seem off-balance. Speech Therapy gives us the ultimate gift of confidence, compassion, and a soft place to land.
