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September 2011

September 28, 2011

Penny Goes to Kindergarten, Three Weeks In . . .

Penny woke up every morning the first week of kindergarten and looked at me eagerly,...

September 26, 2011

What People Are Saying About A Good and Perfect Gift

I thought you might be interested in a few reviews of A Good and Perfect...

September 26, 2011

Grieving the Loss of a Hypothetical Child

I grieved after Penny was born. I wish it weren't true, but I can't deny...

September 20, 2011

Wrongful Birth and Wrongful Death

I have written before about the concept of a "wrongful" birth--the legal term used when...

September 19, 2011

The Language of Inclusion, or Why I Love Our Children’s Preschool

As a writer and former English major, I know that language matters. The way we...

September 15, 2011

Down syndrome and Community

I have a new post on Bloom--Parenting Kids with Disabilities, "Friends in Need, Friends Indeed."...

September 14, 2011

Writing About our Not-so-Perfect Family

I received a very kind comment over the weekend. In response to my recent post,...

September 12, 2011

Another Excerpt and A Good and Perfect Gift Now Available on Kindle

Sharon Hodde Miller was kind enough to promote my book on her blog, sheworships.com. For...

September 12, 2011

Questions for your Book Club

Are you in a Book Club? (This is besides the point of this blogpost, but...

September 09, 2011

What I’m Reading: Sperm Donors, Religion and 9/11, and the Images of Down Syndrome

Three articles I recommend for your reading this weekend: First, a New York Times piece...

September 08, 2011

When Your Friend Finds Out She’s Having a Child with Down Syndrome . . .

A few weeks ago, I had the chance to talk with Diane Markins...

September 08, 2011

On Bambi, Disabilities, and Becoming Super-Great Friends

William and I were watching Bambi together last week. Penny was already asleep. Near the...

September 07, 2011

Penny’s First Day of Kindergarten

Penny's first words when I picked her up from her first day of kindergarten: "I...

September 06, 2011

Hopes and Fears for Our Children (and another chance to win a copy of A Good and Perfect Gift)

My new memoir, A Good and Perfect Gift: Faith, Expectations, and a Little Girl Named...

September 02, 2011

Some Thoughts on Amazon and A Good and Perfect Gift

A number of you have written me to ask, "Will A Good and Perfect Gift...

September 01, 2011

A Good and Perfect Gift Debuts (Share The News to Win a Free Copy!)

(Update: Alice Hodgkins has won this giveaway--much thanks to Alice and all the others...

August 2011

August 30, 2011

A Good and Perfect Gift is In Stock! (And a Free Excerpt)

Lots more information to come as the week progresses, including an excerpt and a video...

August 23, 2011

A Letter to a New Parent of a Baby with Down syndrome

Our daughter Penny was born five and a half years ago. She was our first...

August 16, 2011

Growing Up in Holland: A Sibling Reports on Trust, Love, and Courage

Jenni Newbury is a new friend of mine. She wrote a guest post a while...

August 15, 2011

Sneak Preview of A Good and Perfect Gift

It's been in the works for oh, five and a half years now, if you...

August 01, 2011

Is Down syndrome a Problem to be Solved? My response to the New York Times…

Dan Hurley's article, "A Drug for Down Syndrome," appeared in The New York Times' Sunday...

July 2011

July 29, 2011

Down Syndrome: What Story Will you Tell?

I had this moment when we were on vacation in Virginia Beach. I was looking...

July 27, 2011

Books that Bridge the Religion Gulf

One of my hopes as a writer is that I would be in conversation with...

July 26, 2011

Abortion and Eugenics

One of these days, I'll write more on this topic, but for now, I'd like...

July 26, 2011

Rachel Simon Talks about Siblings with Disabilities

When I interviewed Rachel Simon, author of The Story of Beautiful Girl a few weeks...

July 20, 2011

I’m Tired of Pop Culture Mocking Down Syndrome…

Sometimes I forget that most of the world isn't attuned to issues related to Down...

July 05, 2011

Publisher’s Weekly Reviewed A Good and Perfect Gift and…

...they liked it! I've been grateful already for the responses from various people who have...

June 2011

June 23, 2011

College, Down Syndrome, and the Plans we Have…

It happens all the time. Friends talk about our children, their own children, their grandchildren...

June 22, 2011

Perfectly Human: I Am Only Human by Mey Lau

When I was younger and I heard the word disabled, I never really felt that...

June 17, 2011

90% of Babies With Down Syndrome Aborted? Really?

Penny will "graduate" from pre-school today. She'll sing songs and receive a diploma and give...

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