God, the Devil, and the King’s Speech

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Gerald McDermott

Just after my wife and I watched the new hit movie, “The King’s Speech,” a friend asked me if I enjoyed it.

“No, I suffered through it. But it was a great movie.”

I have been a stutterer since the age of six. Every time King George VI puffed his cheeks helplessly as he tried to get out a word, I felt the frustration and pain.

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