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October 2012

October 17, 2012

When Sunday School is For Mommy

..."the Sunday School lesson for my children may have been designed by God for me."

October 16, 2012

Snapshots of the Season

Snapshots, in words but mostly photos, of life in the Becker family as tears turn,...

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...

October 04, 2012

How Do You Find a Boy With Autism Who is Lost in the Woods?

A friend passed along an amazing article about the search and rescue of Robert Wood...

October 03, 2012

Are You Watching the Debates Tonight? Will They Talk About What Matters to You?

I don’t think much about tax policy, job creation, teachers unions, national defense, or public...

October 02, 2012

If Moving Almost Killed the Cat…

I think the low point came when William spit at me...

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 24, 2012

Hooking Up, Feminism, and a Different Solution…

Is today's "hookup culture" good for women?

September 17, 2012

Where are the Moms in the White House?

Government policy alone will not change the number of mothers in the halls of power....

September 13, 2012

Grace, by way of Dunkin Donuts

We are on the edge, and we keep getting pulled back by grace.

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...

September 07, 2012

Soledad O’Brien, Parents Magazine, the Election, and What Education has to do with the American Dream

A few months ago, Parents Magazine and CNN hosted a joint luncheon with an array...

September 04, 2012

What Do You Want to Teach Your Kids About Money? (and what do our Presidential candidates teach them?)

What does the election of 2012 teach me, and my children, about economic productivity, hard...

September 02, 2012

What I Learned From Getting Lost in the Woods

A long detour through the woods in our new home has helped me to reconsider...

August 2012

August 22, 2012

Are Kids Sinful?

...as the mother of three children, I’ve started to wonder if children are really the...

August 20, 2012

What Does it Mean to Pray in Jesus’ Name?

What Penny taught me about praying "in Jesus name."

August 15, 2012

Why I Love Summer

A taste of our very summery summer, in photos.

August 14, 2012

So You Want to Write a Book? My Best Advice

I started a blog. At first, it seemed like eating my spinach, something I had...

August 13, 2012

Imagining Your Child’s Life

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

August 07, 2012

Abortion and the Election

Obama or Romney could employ a practical approach to abortion reduction as a way to...

August 07, 2012

Who Are You Voting For?

Who are you voting for in November of 2012?

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...

August 03, 2012

Explaining Accidental Death

My thoughts and prayers surrounding every parent's greatest fear...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

What to do when you’re feeling overwhelmed…

What I learned when my husband had to be away for six days...

July 26, 2012

Resources for Women with a Prenatal Diagnosis of Down syndrome

As many of you know, I've been working on an ebook about prenatal testing for...

July 24, 2012

How Much Does God Love You?

Last fall, my I wrote about my fears about moving. Yesterday, I learned how those...

July 16, 2012

What Summer Camp has to do with Taxes

This simple experience of play and learning and exploring and resting seems to me like...

July 16, 2012

Lies I Used to Believe About Disability

When our daughter Penny was diagnosed with Down syndrome shortly after birth, I discovered that...

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