I just had to share this video of Sarah Palin on the topic of Special Olympics. I especially loved what she said about when her son, Trig, was born:

"It was like an hourglass turned upside down; my heart filled up with love, and my mind emptied itself of all the different worries and fears and concerns that I had..."

By the way, I researched about this because there was so concern that Palin cut funding 

in her state for Special Olympics, but that is misleading. Read about it here.