Labour Of Love
' (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) LONDON, Dec. 28. A young mother, unable to speak or write because of paralysis, has published a book of fairy tales for her son, to whom she could never tell them, the “Daily Sketch” reported. Godelieve Moenssens, aged 28, has been in hospital for seven years. She became paralysed shortly after the birth of her son, Leo. She was fed by nurses who had to open her eyes in the
morning and close them at night Mrs Moenssen’s only means of communication was a slight nod of the head in response to questions. Taking advantage of this, nurses for seven months took turns reading the alphabet time and again to Mrs Moenssens. She nodded her head each time she heard the letter she wanted.
Letter by letter, word by word, Mrs Moenssens was able to relate six fairy tales which were published recently.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31564, 29 December 1967, Page 2
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