The Golden Hat

I recently picked up the book The Golden Hat  by Kate Winslet. Recently inspired by an Icelandic documentary titled A Mother's Courage, Kate Winslet had an epiphany while brushing her teeth at bedtime. She thought to herself- what if we created a foundation that could collect many for the good of children and adults with nonverbal autism. The idea for the donation would be a book, filled with the written email relationship that developed between Kate and the mother of Keli, a nonverbal autistic boy. Another component to the book includes multiple celebrities who took a self portrait with the "golden hat". The Golden Hat was born in one of Keli's poems that he wrote. This hat had the capacity to allow autistic children the ability to communicate what they are thinking to the world. And so, many artist photographed themselves with the hat, and gave a quote that defined what they would share to the world and their loved ones about themselves if they only had a few words. I was inspired by this book, and in fact, read it in one sitting. This is a good book to read on a rainy day. To realize and appreciate the little things in life, and the value they have in our everday living. Also to reinstill the fact that people are given dealt unlucky hands. We must be more accepting of people's inescapable differences.