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June 2013

June 04, 2013

Talking About Disability With Your Kids (on PBS Parents)

Even though I have a daughter with Down syndrome, for a long time I didn't...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

The Unfinished Child, a Story of Down Syndrome, Love, and Choice (and a Book Giveaway) Part Two

Part two of Theresa Shea's interview about her new novel, The Unfinished Child. She talks...

May 30, 2013

The Unfinished Child, a Story of Down Syndrome, Love, and Choice (and a Book Giveaway)

Novelist Theresa Shea discusses her book The Unfinished Child, a story about two families struggling...

May 29, 2013

Why I Don’t Pray for the World Anymore

My world of concern has grown smaller as my children have grown. And I think...

May 28, 2013

Is She a Special Need? Down syndrome, Language, and Individuality

What image does the media offer when describing individuals with Down syndrome?

May 22, 2013

Will You Help Bring Timofei Home? Down Syndrome, the Russian Adoption Ban, and a Little Boy Who Needs a Family

What would it take for a little boy with Down syndrome in a Russian orphanage...

May 16, 2013

What Our Children Teach Me About Prayer

"I still sometimes wish I had an orderly prayer life, but I'm also grateful for...

May 14, 2013

Bridging the Gap, or Why I Feel Uneasy About Being Penny’s Mom

I sometimes feel uneasy about being the mother of a child with special needs, and...

May 13, 2013

Praying With Penny

How my daughter with Down syndrome taught me to pray

May 10, 2013

On Mother’s Day, What I Admire About My Children

I often bemoan the countless hours I've given to my children. This Mother's Day, I'm...

May 08, 2013

Catching Up on Giveaways: Eat with Joy, Permission Granted, and What it is is Beautiful

Somewhere out there in the blogosphere, there's a list of rules about how to be...

May 06, 2013

Are Pro-Lifers Hypocrites When it Comes to Down Syndrome?

Are pro-lifers hypocrites when it comes to babies with Down syndrome? The Atlantic implies that...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

How Empathy Could Save Lives: The Ethan Saylor Tragedy, Penny, and a Better Future

What my daughter's friendships have to do with a young man with Down syndrome who...

April 29, 2013

Why We Go to Church

I was irritated with my kids all through church and the entranced by them later...

April 25, 2013

Let there be Yes: A Poem and Giveaway by Sarah Dunning Park

Poet and mother Sarah Dunning Park shares a poem and some thoughts about saying no,...

April 24, 2013

Talking with Dennis Rainey About Parenting, Faith, and Down Syndrome

How a trip to Arkansas helped me get my life together... (plus an interview in...

April 22, 2013

Losing the Habit of Faith

I learned on Easter Sunday that my inconsistent practice of faith changes nothing about God's...

April 19, 2013

Remembering A Good and Perfect Gift

"But that heartbreak broke her through, into the truth..."

April 18, 2013

How I Learned to Be Content and Stop Complaining (Kind of) This Year

In the midst of tantrums and tears, I complained a lot. And I learned a...

April 15, 2013

What I’m Reading: On Religion and Sorrow and Babies and Writing

A smorgasbord of things to read this week.

April 11, 2013

Four Myths About Prenatal Testing

My guest post for Ellen Seidman's parents.com blog on four myths surrounding prenatal testing.

April 08, 2013

What William’s Tantrums Have Taught Me About God’s Love

Sunday morning was rough. Peter had offered to let me sleep in. William didn't approve....

April 04, 2013

The Problems with Outlawing Selective Abortion

"Until we learn how to value every human being based upon their identity as children,...

April 01, 2013

Positive Discipline for Adults

Learning to be grateful without punishing myself for complaining...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

Trying to Explain Easter to My Children

I don't know how to explain Easter to my children, but perhaps that because it's...

March 27, 2013

Where Did You Grow Up?

How growing up in Edenton, NC has shaped me...

March 26, 2013

Legislation or Education? The Politics of Abortion and Prenatal Testing (and my interview with Time.com)

In an interview with Bonnie Rochman of TIME, I discuss the problems with outlawing selective...

March 21, 2013

What I Would Say to That Scared Woman Who Just Had a Baby With Down Syndrome…

"You think Down syndrome means tragedy, and people will compare your experience to that of...

March 21, 2013

On World Down Syndrome Day, What Penny Has Given Me

"Penny is the beloved one who loves in return."

March 20, 2013

A Complete Family: How I Ended Up with Two Children with Down Syndrome

One mother's story of having two children with Down syndrome in Monterrey, Mexico: "Sometimes things...

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