I guess October is going to be my month to run repeat blogs. Some are good enough to repeat though. In this month of Down syndrome awareness and in honor of George’s birthday, I am am re-posting and updating a […]
Frequently people want to know how we have educated Rachel’s peers along this journey. I must admit that my experience as a 4-H Youth Development Agent working with schools to do educational programs gave me a leg up on this […]
Rachel is on a Paris kick. Not sure why since I don’t think Hannah Montana or Lizzie McGuire were there. We spent 30 minutes looking for Lizzie McGuire’s Halloween episode a few nights ago. SMILE! She always says she wants […]
I interact with and pray for people who have kiddoes with Down syndrome who I will never meet and who I do not now know. I have been given the great honor and privilege to be able to visit new […]
In honor of Down Syndrome awareness month I would like to dedicate today’s post to a little bit of education. This is a list of 21 things I think you should know about Down syndrome. Each individual with Down syndrome […]
Rachel loves Hannah Montana. Rachel’s first Disney Channel fixation was “Lizzie McGuire” followed by “That’s So Raven” and then came “Hannah Montana.” Rachel had/has everything Hannah Montana – bags, clothing, microphones, microphone lip gloss, perfume, movies, CD’s, dance mats, wigs […]
A few weekends back Rachel said, “Mommy I want to go back to 7th grade. I miss my teachers.” She then told me that 8th grade was hard. I told her that I knew it was hard but a lot […]
Happy birthday to my daddy. I rarely refer to my daddy as dad. He has always been and will always be my daddy. On his special day I have been reflecting a bit and wanted to share a little. Daddy […]
I wasn’t going to blog today. I had a meeting first thing this morning at Rachel’s school that I was unsure about. Ended up being a breath of fresh air. The teacher so wants to do a good job with […]
The other day my friend Melissa Kline Skavlem posted the “first thing I wrote about Down syndrome – 74 days after Violette (her daughter) was born.” You can read it here “People with Down Syndrome Offer Potential.” I started thinking […]