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Read more about the article Texas’s Abortion Law and Down Syndrome

Texas’s Abortion Law and Down Syndrome

  • Post published:September 8, 2021
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"Why would it be a bad thing for five times more people with Down syndrome to be in the world?" asked my 13-year-old son William, whose older sister Penny has…

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Read more about the article Happy Book Birthday, A Good and Perfect Gift

Happy Book Birthday, A Good and Perfect Gift

  • Post published:September 1, 2021
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One of the things you’re supposed to do when you write a book is master your elevator pitch. How can you convey the essence of this story in the time…

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Read more about the article I Know to Expect Penny To Be Human

I Know to Expect Penny To Be Human

  • Post published:August 30, 2021
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I look back on these words I wrote about Penny so many years ago in A Good and Perfect Gift, and I think, Yes. That’s it. I was no longer…

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Read more about the article Is Disability (or Down Syndrome) Abnormal?

Is Disability (or Down Syndrome) Abnormal?

  • Post published:August 25, 2021
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Is disability abnormal? After Penny was born, we were told she had a genetic abnormality because she had an extra copy of her 21st chromosome. The doctors implied that “abnormal”…

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Read more about the article In the “Woods” of Disability

In the “Woods” of Disability

  • Post published:August 23, 2021
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"It wasn’t as if a doctor would ever say about her extra chromosome, 'It was touch-and-go for a while there, but now we’re out of the woods.' No, the woods—as…

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Read more about the article Giveaway! Books About Down Syndrome

Giveaway! Books About Down Syndrome

  • Post published:August 20, 2021
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G I V E A W A Y !!!!!!!!! I've teamed up with some awesome authors, and you can win 7 books all about Down syndrome🙌🏽📚   🎉This giveaway is…

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Read more about the article What Our Bodies Are Like in Heaven

What Our Bodies Are Like in Heaven

  • Post published:August 19, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Faith
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What will our bodies look like in heaven? To push the point a little bit, what will the bodies of people with disabilities look like in heaven? What will our…

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Read more about the article An Accelerated Course in Love

An Accelerated Course in Love

  • Post published:August 16, 2021
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An accelerated course in love—“...every time I recognized the purity of my love for Penny, I was dying to an old part of myself, an old part that thought the…

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Read more about the article Clenched Fist or Open Palm
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Clenched Fist or Open Palm

  • Post published:August 10, 2021
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“It was as if I started off with my fist clenched tight around a vision of a child and, as Penny grew, I slowly opened my fingers. The bits and…

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Read more about the article Dance Like Everybody’s Watching (and Celebrating What They See)

Dance Like Everybody’s Watching (and Celebrating What They See)

  • Post published:July 29, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Healing
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On the second night of Hope Heals Camp, there’s a Talent Show. And on the last night, there’s a dance party. From babies to grandparents, from adults in wheelchairs to…

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