Max shares his big heart with everyone. For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with the point.

Dancing with Max by Emily Colson is an intimate look at what it means to raise a child with autism by yourself.

Emily's dance partner is Max, Chuck Colson's grandson. He's now 31 and he spreads his love through art.

The pandemic was incredibly difficult for people like Emily and Max, who lost their

entire support structures. But Max took to painting colorful hearts, put them on posters, hung them

around town. Pretty soon, his hearts were put on note cards, which have been sold by the tens

of thousands, with the proceeds going to charity. Writing over at World Opinion, Jennifer Patterson

described this mother and son

dancing duo's latest project, infant onesies, which feature one of Max's hearts and the word

loved. It's printed by a company that hires only employees with autism. For each onesies sold,

Emily and Max donate another to a life-affirming charity. It's more than just a way to pass the time until things get back to normal.

As Patterson observes, Emily and Max have shown hope and encouragement can be contagious.

For the Colsonson, I'm John Stone Street.