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January 2013

January 31, 2013

I Regretted My Amnio by Meriah Nichols

One mother's description of discovering who her daughter really is...

January 29, 2013

Why I Wish I Had Chosen Prenatal Testing by Patti Rice

One pro-life mother reflects on why she wishes she had known prenatally that her daughter...

January 28, 2013

Imagining Down Syndrome

The prospect of disability often cuts off the possibilities of imagining a good life, not...

January 25, 2013

Why Women Need Pre Prenatal Counseling

"every woman or couple, no matter their risk level, will face decisions about prenatal testing...

January 24, 2013

A Good and Perfect Gift Available for FREE Today Only!

For one day only, A Good and Perfect Gift is free for Kindle, Nook, or...

January 23, 2013

What do Down Syndrome, Abortion, and Baby Girls Have to do with One Another?

"Statistics also suggest that at least 50% of all fetuses with Down syndrome in the...

January 22, 2013

Why Should You Care About Prenatal Testing?

What people are saying about my new ebook about prenatal testing, and why you should...

January 21, 2013

Ebook and Free Book and a New Website to Boot

Three fun things to announce: I am delighted to announce the publication of my long-awaited...

January 14, 2013

When Turning Four Means a Death Sentence: Russia, Adoption, and Down syndrome

Our friends are trying to adopt a boy with Down syndrome from Russia, but he...

January 09, 2013

When Your Twin Has Down Syndrome and You Don’t (Perfectly Human by Vicki Vila)

"...what does it really mean when your missing puzzle piece, your twin, has Down syndrome,...

January 07, 2013

What Penny’s Birthday and Epiphany Taught Me About Who We All Are

I look forward to the mystery unfolding before me in each of my children

January 03, 2013

Summarizing 2012, or Not…

Some lists of good reads from the past year, and my Q Talk on prenatal...

December 2012

December 24, 2012

Christmas and the Broken Ballerina

This is a guest post by Nancy Jo Sullivan, author of Small Mercies. I will...

December 14, 2012

Is There Reason to be Averse to Down Syndrome?

I started to write about medical problems and the social construction of disability. But I...

December 04, 2012

Investing in Hope

When Penny was born and we found out that she had Down syndrome, one of...

November 2012

November 27, 2012

Is Down Syndrome Abnormal?

I don’t want to change the words, but rather tell a story that might contribute...

November 26, 2012

She is Patient, and Brave, and Kind, and I Am Grateful

Learning something about contentment from my daughter...

November 23, 2012

The Perfect Christmas Gift?

Looking for an inexpensive but meaningful holiday gift?

November 14, 2012

Perfectly Human: My Pirfect Life by Nancy Jo Sullivan

One mother reflects on the pirfectly imperfect life of her daughter, Sara, who had Down...

November 02, 2012

Worth Reading: On Halloween, Daily Choices, and Genetic Testing

Lovely post by Micah Boyett on remembering the saints: Jesus in Real Life: Halloween and...

November 01, 2012

Ann Coulter, the R-word, and John Franklin Stephens’ Wise Response

Last week Ann Coulter called President Obama a retard. John Franklin Stephens, a 30-year old...

October 2012

October 23, 2012

Finding Myself Among 50 “Women to Watch” in Christianity Today

Somehow I made Christianity Today's list of 50 "women to watch."

October 12, 2012

What Perfection and Prenatal Testing Have to do with Each Other

Last spring, I had the privilege of sharing some thoughts at the Q Annual Conference...

October 08, 2012

A Good and Perfect Gift, One Year Later . . . and the Next Book

...the most rewarding part of writing a book is the emails and letters and one-on-one...

September 2012

September 27, 2012

Penny’s Star Days

Penny and I prayed, I cupped my hands around the gift of trust she'd given...

September 25, 2012

What the Marketing of Prenatal Tests Tells us About the Tests Themselves…

...the likely effect of tests likeMaterniT21 is to depopulate the Buddy Walks of the future....

September 10, 2012

Why I Was Grateful to See My Daughter Run Away

I didn't want to run away from Penny. I wanted to run away from everyone...

August 2012

August 21, 2012

Girl With Down Syndrome in Danger

We moved yesterday, so I don't have much time to write, but I wanted to...

August 13, 2012

Imagining Your Child’s Life

What would it take for you to imagine life with a child with a disability?

August 06, 2012

Should abortion be an automatic option with a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome?

A condensed version of the debate within the Down syndrome community about whether or not...

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