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still have faith in him.” In that case, I told him, I was going to the
gurdwara and would be back later. I picked Sheena up and my
sister Amy drove us to the gurdwara. I put Sheena on the floor
before Babaji Guru Granth Sahib Maharaj and began acting like a
crazy child. I complained to the good God: “You said you were my
father, you will love me, protect me and care for me—is this what
you call caring? You blessed me with the most beautiful child and
you took away the most essential part of her mechanism, her brain.
How could you do this?” I was weeping bitterly. The priest thought I
was going mad. I then said: “Dear God! O Akal Purakh! I have loved
you all my life. If you really exist you have to give me a sign that you
hear me; if you don’t, I will never love you again. You will become
non-existent for me. I will love this child, care for her, and do the
best for her, but never love you again.”

I had just said so when Sheena suddenly lifted her hand and
slapped me on the face. Up to this point, Sheena’s arms were so
spastic that they were always stuck close to her chest. I had to give
her physiotherapy three times daily to stretch her arms, as she could
not do so herself.

I was excited: I knew God spoke to me.
I fell flat at his feet, asked for his forgiveness, and asked the priest
to take out a baakh, the gospel word from the Guru Granth Sahib.
The gospel’s message was that with time everything would be okay.
So I picked Sheena up, thanked the Lord and went home. I began to
pray to Guru Nanak Devji, the Akal Purakh (the transcendent being),
to ask him to heal Sheena such that she may be able to crawl from
her bedroom to ours and point at her mouth and tummy if she was
hungry, or to point at any area which pained her. These were my
wishes, as I felt she was mentally retarded and may be God would
give us these blessings. David prayed to the Lord for help and to
ensure that Sheena would be fine. He had strong faith throughout
the ordeal.

Unbelievably, Sheena was walking

My sister, a paediatrician, came over from England to explain to
David the seriousness of our daughter’s problems. She said that
Sheena would have physical disabilities and her face would distort
with time. She asked David to come to terms with the situation. He

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