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Author: Amy Julia Becker

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Read more about the article S8 E8 | The Discipline of Inspiration with Carey Wallace

S8 E8 | The Discipline of Inspiration with Carey Wallace

  • Post published:January 14, 2025
  • Post category:Faith/Podcast
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Apple YouTube Spotify More!  "Just try harder. Work harder. Think harder." But what if the key to creativity, whether that’s in our art or in the art of our daily…

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Read more about the article Why Rachel Handlin’s Art Exhibit Prompted Me to Change My Prepositions

Why Rachel Handlin’s Art Exhibit Prompted Me to Change My Prepositions

  • Post published:January 10, 2025
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Family
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Happy New Year! We’ve taken down our tree and put away the gnomes and nutcrackers. The kids are back at school. We reviewed the highlights of the past year as…

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Penny’s 19th Birthday

  • Post published:January 9, 2025
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We celebrated Penny’s 19th birthday in stages last week, first with a trip to NJ to see her friend Rachel and—a few days late—with our whole family. The best part…

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Baking at Her Own Pace

  • Post published:January 6, 2025
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Penny wants to work on cooking and baking skills this year. Usually, we are rushing around, so it is hard to let her work at her own pace. But over…

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Read more about the article Questions for the New Year {Plus my 2024 favorites}

Questions for the New Year {Plus my 2024 favorites}

  • Post published:December 31, 2024
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I love this pause in the year, these days between Christmas and New Year’s, between shopping and going back to school. It’s one of the only times that everything seems…

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December Favorites {2024}

  • Post published:December 31, 2024
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Here are books, podcasts, movies, shows, and essays that I enjoyed this December: 1. Episode 287: Julia Watts Belser - A Jewish Perspective on Disability. Here’s a helpful perspective on disability in…

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Patiently, Beautifully Wrapping Presents

  • Post published:December 24, 2024
  • Post category:Down Syndrome/Family/Parenting
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Gift wrapping has never been an easy task for Penny. Typically, she’s been relegated to the background of the wrapping extravaganza in our household—handing over supplies to her siblings or…

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Read more about the article Embracing the Mystery (more than the magic) of Christmas

Embracing the Mystery (more than the magic) of Christmas

  • Post published:December 20, 2024
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Amidst the morning snowfalls and twinkling lights and jolly tunes, we’ve received grim news from a few different people in recent weeks. One of my childhood friends died in her…

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Read more about the article Dancing Again | Nutcracker 2024

Dancing Again | Nutcracker 2024

  • Post published:December 17, 2024
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(Keep scrolling for video!) | Our daughter Penny danced for twelve years at Fineline Theatre Arts, which included many years of performing scenes from the Nutcracker. We moved this year,…

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From Conditional Love to Unconditional Growth

  • Post published:December 13, 2024
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I sometimes beat myself up as a parent. In all honesty, I also beat myself up as a human, but on the parenting front, I think about how I let…

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