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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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Read more about the article The Center of Healing is Belovedness

The Center of Healing is Belovedness

  • Post published:June 21, 2022
  • Post category:Healing
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

The center of healing is belovedness.  Healing happens in three steps (that aren’t necessarily linear): acknowledge hurt, ask for help, and take small steps towards shalom.  Believing that I am…

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Read more about the article 8th Grade Graduation: Who They Are Becoming

8th Grade Graduation: Who They Are Becoming

  • Post published:June 20, 2022
  • Post category:Family/Parenting
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William graduated from eighth grade last week. He’s headed to boarding school next year, so this day marked the end of an era in multiple ways for our family. He’s…

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Read more about the article Happy Father’s Day 2022

Happy Father’s Day 2022

  • Post published:June 18, 2022
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Peter and I were married for six years before we had kids, and we had been dating for five years before that. We both remember distinctly the dinner where we…

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Read more about the article Juneteenth: Remembering to Celebrate

Juneteenth: Remembering to Celebrate

  • Post published:June 17, 2022
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
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Juneteenth, a newly recognized national holiday, is in a couple of days. While some Black Americans have celebrated this day for generations, others of us are still wondering whether/how to…

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Read more about the article David Bailey Endorses To Be Made Well

David Bailey Endorses To Be Made Well

  • Post published:June 16, 2022
  • Post category:Books/Healing/Writing
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Amy Julia is a brilliant writer who has masterfully explored the complex and sensitive topic of healing in a vulnerable, sobering, and comprehensive way. Whether sickness is in our body,…

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Normie Film Streaming Now

  • Post published:June 15, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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WATCH NORMIE REGISTER for the Reimagining Family Life with Disability Workshop Our family was featured in a documentary called Normie. It’s a film that tells the story of Annemarie, a…

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S5 E21 | Becoming a Race-Wise Family with Helen Lee

  • Post published:June 14, 2022
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How do we raise children who will stand against racial injustice? Helen Lee, co-author of The Race-Wise Family, and Amy Julia Becker discuss why it’s important for all of us…

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Stubbornness and Down Syndrome

  • Post published:June 13, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Family/Parenting
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“People with Down syndrome are stubborn.” I’ve heard it from the time Penny was born. From therapists, teachers, doctors, and other parents.  It has always struck me as a negative…

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Work of the Household

  • Post published:June 11, 2022
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I talk with my friends ALL the time about how much time it takes to handle the work of the household. Many of these friends work outside the home full…

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Summer Reading: The Midnight Library

  • Post published:June 10, 2022
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It is time for summer reading lists!!!  And yes, I hope To Be Made Well will be on the top of many lists this summer, but I also want to…

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