This post is an update on my friend Jaclyn and her brother Joey whom I’ve mentioned a couple times in this blog now.

First of all, even though her Autism Awareness Month promotion is over, you can still buy a Joey’s Hot Dog necklace. Jaclyn will continue to donate $5 from the sale of each of these necklaces to Autism Speaks. Rumor has it green and orange beads will be showing up soon.

Second, Jaclyn appeared in a blog called Gospel of Weakness.  There she wrote about how her experiences with her brother have affected her faith and how she perceives God. Here’s an excerpt:

When I was about 9 and Joey was about 3, he was diagnosed with autism. About that point, my faith line took a nose dive. The paper wasn’t large enough to show the approximate location of where it landed. I didn’t stop believing in God, but I thought this higher power was very bad. I never consciously thought “I want nothing to do with God,” but I didn’t have to think it for it to be true.

Read the full post here.