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May 19, 2011

Child Narcissists

Is social media helping create a generation of narcissists? This is the question posed by...

May 18, 2011

Perfectly Human: Trusting God in Times of Grief by Taylor Martin Wise

When the doctor delivered the news that my ten-month old daughter Bette was hearing impaired,...

May 18, 2011

Is There Such a Thing as Wrongful Birth?

A few years back, I read an article in the New York Times Magazine about...

May 17, 2011

Penny’s Prayers

I was putting Penny to bed tonight and I asked, "Do you want me to...

May 16, 2011

Growing Up with Down Syndrome

I don't think about it much any more, but when Penny was born, some of...

May 16, 2011

What Does Food Have to do with God?

Around 5:30 most evenings, the inevitable question arises. What are we going to eat for...

May 13, 2011

“Curing” Down Syndrome?

I found out last week that my friend Ellen Painter Dollar and I won an...

May 11, 2011

Learning to Listen

Listening. It's a daily topic in our household, and it's one of Penny's greatest challenges....

May 10, 2011

Is Every Little Life a Miracle?

"Every baby is a little miracle to celebrate, support and protect." Is it a trite...

May 09, 2011

Sometimes It’s Good Not to Have a Choice (Or What I Didn’t Know Didn’t Hurt Me)

It sounds like good news. Researchers have developed a non-invasive test to detect Down syndrome...

May 06, 2011

Sleeping Like a Baby? New Post on the New York Times Motherlode blog

I have a guest post today on Motherlode, the parenting blog of the New York...

May 06, 2011

A Child Writes to God

It's easy to be dismissive of children's capacity for spiritual understanding. I've written recently about...

May 05, 2011

What My Children Teach Me About Love

Over the course of the past week I have soothed Marilee after her brother bit...

April 2011

April 28, 2011

Laughing with God

We practice praying as a family. Sometimes we have our kids repeat the Lord's Prayer...

April 27, 2011

Perfectly Human: Harm and Healing by Jill Miller

Last month my husband Paul and I went to Israel to celebrate our 40th anniversary....

April 27, 2011

Still Growing Up

Marilee goes to the doctor’s every four weeks and they chart her growth as the...

April 21, 2011

How Do I Explain Easter to My Kids?

I have a new post on her.meneutics. It begins: I don’t know how to explain...

April 18, 2011

My Upcoming Book: A Good and Perfect Gift

I've been working for years now on a memoir about the first few years of...

April 14, 2011

What Will You Be When You Grow Up?

It's a question I remember from my childhood. And I remember my answers--everything from a...

April 13, 2011

Perfectly Human: Celebrate by Gary Bender

To read more about the Perfectly Human series, click here. Today we hear from Margaret...

April 08, 2011

William and Music

I wrote last week about the way William is teaching me to love music. Earlier...

April 07, 2011

What I’m Reading: Articles on Atheists; CP, Comedy, and Oprah; and Teaching Kids to Play

My husband, a Christian, volunteered to be the faculty sponsor of the atheist club on...

April 07, 2011

In Memory of Francis or Outgrowing Their Clothes

A little boy died on Monday. His name was Francis, and he had Down syndrome....

September 2010

September 23, 2010

When the World Comments On Your Life

I’ve found myself in the center of a squall this past week. A squall of my...

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