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2012-12-10T14:44:30-05:00

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The Book I’m Giving Away This Christmas (an excerpt from Karen Swallow Prior’s Booked)

Last updated on: December 10, 2012 at 2:44 pm By Amy Julia Becker

An excerpt (and book giveaway) with thoughts on disability, poetry, and faith from Karen Swallow Prior's gorgeous new memoir, Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me. Read more

2012-11-28T14:08:12-05:00

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Worth Reading: On Parenting, TV, and Learning

Last updated on: November 28, 2012 at 2:08 pm By Amy Julia Becker

I’ve written before about my recent experience in a parenting class based on Positive Discipline (rather than authoritative or permissive parenting). Apparently, this approach is really beneficial for kids with special needs. To read more, go to Parenting Style Has Big Impact on Kids with Disabilities. And have I ever mentioned here how much I love David Simon’s HBO series The Wire and Treme (set in New Orleans)? Well, I found out why when I read Wired Magazine’s interview with... Read more

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2012-11-27T13:45:17-05:00

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Is Down Syndrome Abnormal?

Last updated on: November 27, 2012 at 1:45 pm By Amy Julia Becker

I don’t want to change the words, but rather tell a story that might contribute to changing the culture. Read more

2012-11-26T09:27:59-05:00

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She is Patient, and Brave, and Kind, and I Am Grateful

Last updated on: November 26, 2012 at 9:27 am By Amy Julia Becker

Learning something about contentment from my daughter... Read more

2012-11-23T14:29:58-05:00

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The Perfect Christmas Gift?

Last updated on: November 23, 2012 at 2:29 pm By Amy Julia Becker

Looking for an inexpensive but meaningful holiday gift? Read more

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2012-12-10T14:40:15-05:00

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Bus People, Flesh Colored Crayons, and Privilege: Some Thoughts on Race and Adoption (plus a book giveaway)

Last updated on: December 10, 2012 at 2:40 pm By Amy Julia Becker

In commemoration on National Adoption Month, one mother reflects upon raising her daughter by adoption, who has brown skin, in the midst of a her siblings with white skin. Read more

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2012-11-16T14:27:04-05:00

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Help! I’m Getting a New Website

Last updated on: November 16, 2012 at 2:27 pm By Amy Julia Becker

It’s been a season of change. New house. New job for my husband. New schools for our kids. New friends. New computer. There’s a list of other things that need to become new—my driver’s license, for instance. We all need a new dentist. The car still needs a new not-rusty door. And I need a new website. You may not have noticed (you may never have visited my website, for that matter), but the content over there (amyjuliabecker.com) has stayed... Read more

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2012-11-16T07:27:49-05:00

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How a trip to Arkansas made me miss my messy life

Last updated on: November 16, 2012 at 7:27 am By Amy Julia Becker

I’m incredibly grateful for the break. And incredibly grateful to return to my messy, inefficient, bordering-on-chaotic, life of love. Read more

2012-11-27T14:07:02-05:00

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Perfectly Human: My Pirfect Life by Nancy Jo Sullivan

Last updated on: November 27, 2012 at 2:07 pm By Amy Julia Becker

One mother reflects on the pirfectly imperfect life of her daughter, Sara, who had Down syndrome. (Plus a book giveaway) Read more

2012-11-12T22:05:48-05:00

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Learning How to Love My Kids, Again (or why I’m thankful for Veteran’s day even though it means another day off of school)

Last updated on: November 12, 2012 at 10:05 pm By Amy Julia Becker

The morning started badly, but we're working it out as a family, I hope... Read more

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