When it comes to parenting, how are you feeling? Is your family the picture that you had in mind? I know that for a long time I had this picture in my mind of the perfect family; the kind that you used to see on TV shows years ago. However, the reality of kids with special needs and […]
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I sometimes feel a strange sense of guilt, or at least dis-ease, about Penny. It’s not what you might think. I’m about as comfortable as I can imagine being with a child who has Down syndrome, and I think my kids are too. (The other day, I was explaining that some athletes from the Special […]
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As some of you know I have been sick for the past few weeks. I spent eight hours in the emergency room one night, several visits to the doctor, a CT scan at the hospital another day, and nothing wrong was found. I am doing a little better now, but I have been really struggling […]
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It’s Mother’s Day. The kids run in to my room in the morning, holding treasures made from scratch, meticulously painted, and “wrapped” in a charming child-like way. I scoop them all up in to bed like a pile of puppies, and we snuggle and laugh together until my husband shoos them away and sets down […]
[Continue reading...]I love the story of Joseph. Recorded in Genesis 37-50, it tells of the unusual journey of one of Israel’s greatest leaders. Loved of his father, hated by his brothers, servant of Potiphar, and ultimately second to Pharoah, Joseph’s journey was anything but typical. The injustices recorded in Joseph’s life are numerous. He was sold […]
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If you are in a place where you feel stuck and with no options…God sees and knows your situation. I truly believe that He has you in that place for a purpose. The best thing you can do is lay your frustrations, your fears, your anger, your anxiety and all the negative feelings you have […]
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We walked into the office together and Max plunked down in his usual chair. Max couldn’t wait to get through the “talking part” of the doctor’s appointment so that he could play with my iPhone. I introduced the doctor to Kacey who had joined us to help with Max during the appointment. Kacey is 23 […]
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Once, when our boys were young, I remember sitting at a table with my husband talking to a very wise Christian friend who was a School Psychologist. We were discussing how to encourage some positive improvements in our son’s behavior. He pulled out a piece of string and put it on the table. “How can […]
[Continue reading...]To the new mother of a baby with Down syndrome Meeting Her I remember the feeling. That first meeting with another family farther along the path of Down syndrome after the birth of our child with the same diagnosis. I remember fear and fascination. Fear of the child four or five years old who’s eyes mirrored my baby’s. She […]
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