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September 2011

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 31, 2011

On Change, Pacifiers, and Helping Each Other Out

A few nights back (in fact, in the midst of Hurricane Irene, an inauspicious choice)...

August 31, 2011

Don’t Blame It On Down Syndrome . . .

I've written here on a number of occasions about my hopes (and fears) for Penny...

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 29, 2011

Hurricane Irene and the Becker Family

Who knew that a tropical storm could do this much damage? So here I sit,...

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 22, 2011

Judgments and Stories, Narrative Ethics and IVF

I wrote last week about a disturbing article in The New York Times Magazine that...

August 19, 2011

Overheard in the Becker Household

William Penny is sitting on William's face. He pushes her off. "Penny, my head is...

August 18, 2011

For Those Who Have Asked, Yes, “Amy Julia” is my First Name

Peter sometimes points out that we tend to do things with an extra level of...

August 18, 2011

Abortion, Ethics, IVF, and Twins Who Never Were

I hope to take the time to write more about this in the next few...

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

Adoption: Call or Conversion?

I ran a series of guest posts in early August surrounding the topic of adoption....

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 09, 2011

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Yes, I have the song lyrics in mind, and yes, that's William on the left...

August 08, 2011

Family Vacation: What Was Lost and What Was Gained

As I mentioned last week, the past ten days were a staycation, which is to...

August 05, 2011

My Garden of Delight

Sara Hagerty is a friend through marriage--her husband and mine were housemates for two years...

August 04, 2011

I So Get That: Reflections on the Hard Stuff Surrounding Adoption (Plus a Book Giveaway)

Margot Starbuck, author of The Girl in the Orange Dress: Searching for a Father Who...

August 04, 2011

I So Get That: Reflections on the Hard Stuff Surrounding Adoption (Plus a Book Giveaway)

Margot Starbuck, author of The Girl in the Orange Dress: Searching for a Father Who...

August 03, 2011

Why Don’t You Just Adopt?

In the early stages of this blog, I wrote a post about in vitro fertilization....

August 02, 2011

Interview with Jennifer Grant: When God Told Us to Adopt

Earlier today, I ran a guest post from Jennifer Grant. I also had the opportunity...

August 02, 2011

Who Are My Children? (Plus a Book Giveaway)

As I explained yesterday, all the posts this week will center around the theme of...

August 02, 2011

Who Are My Children? (Plus a Book Giveaway)

As I explained yesterday, all the posts this week will center around the theme of...

August 01, 2011

What’s Happening on Thin Places This Week

Two pieces of exciting news. One, I'm on vacation this week with my family. Staycation,...

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 29, 2011

Our Annual Co-Parenting Experiment

I have a new post on Motherlode ("Learning to Walk in Another's Flip-Flops"), the parenting...

July 28, 2011

Why We All Need Our Dads

Peter left yesterday morning for some meetings in New York City. He returns this afternoon....

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 27, 2011

Where are your Cities of Refuge?

The only time I go running with my husband Peter is when he is pushing...

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...

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