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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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June Introductions

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:June 2, 2023
  • Post category:Faith/Family/Writing
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Hi! If you’re new around here, I’m Amy Julia (double name–I also go by AJ). This lovely little corner of the internet continues to grow, so I wanted to say…

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Small Talk Is Available as an Audiobook

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:June 1, 2023
  • Post category:Disability/Family/Parenting
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Are messy diapers, loads of laundry, and sleep deprivation part of your life right now? Nine years ago, Small Talk was published, and I just got to record it as…

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Read more about the article What Does It Mean to Say “Life Is a Gift”?
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What Does It Mean to Say “Life Is a Gift”?

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 31, 2023
  • Post category:Current Events/Disability/Down Syndrome
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When I was lying in the hospital bed a few hours after Penny was born and diagnosed with Down syndrome, a nurse told me, “I had a special child too.”…

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S6 E20 | Strong Like Water with Aundi Kolber

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 30, 2023
  • Post category:Healing/Podcast
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Do you feel like you have to stay strong to survive? Aundi Kolber, a licensed professional counselor and author, talks with Amy Julia Becker about her latest book, Strong Like…

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What Would You Say to Your Teenage Self?

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 29, 2023
  • Post category:Faith/Family/Parenting
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People ask me all the time what I would say to my teenage self. I was a hyper-driven achiever with a severe eating disorder that resulted in multiple hospitalizations and…

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Faithfulness Is Love Over Time

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 25, 2023
  • Post category:Faith
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Faithfulness is love over time. Steady, loyal, consistent love. Even when we don’t believe that love exists.Even when we reject that love. Even when we don’t return that love. God…

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Seats That Money Can’t Buy at the Taylor Swift Concert

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 24, 2023
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Family/Parenting
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We ended up in seats that money can’t buy at the Taylor Swift concert last Saturday night.  It started in March when we received two tickets at reasonable prices through…

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Why a Superbloom Is an Image of Hope for Us

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 23, 2023
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I just learned the word superbloom. According to Dana Goodyear, writing for the New Yorker (in a GORGEOUS photo essay), a superbloom happens when there is so much rain that…

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Thank You, Tim Keller, for Confounding Us All

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 22, 2023
  • Post category:Faith
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I’m joining the ranks of countless others when I write a word of thanks for the life and ministry of Timothy Keller, who died on Friday. Tim Keller is probably…

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I Want Our Kids to Accomplish Things, Not Achieve Them

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 20, 2023
  • Post category:Family/Parenting
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I don’t want our kids to achieve much. I want them to accomplish a lot. At least, according to the way Adam Gopnik distinguishes accomplishment from achievement, this is what…

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