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Read more about the article I’m Glad I Made This Choice This Summer

I’m Glad I Made This Choice This Summer

  • Post published:August 17, 2025
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A few months back, I was looking ahead at August and realized I didn’t have many plans. Two thoughts came to mine. I could set a goal of finishing the…

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Read more about the article Where Joy and Discomfort Meet
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Where Joy and Discomfort Meet

  • Post published:August 14, 2025
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I know many of you are already back to school, or close to it. Here in Connecticut, we still have a few weeks of summertime. Our kids are playing Monopoly…

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Read more about the article You Don’t Have to Climb Toward Hope
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You Don’t Have to Climb Toward Hope

  • Post published:August 12, 2025
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“What if hope’s not a rope you hold on to? What if it’s the arms that have always held you?” My new favorite song is Ellie Holcomb’s “Hope’s Gonna’ Find…

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Read more about the article Choosing not to worry about your children (and how to turn worry into prayer)
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Choosing not to worry about your children (and how to turn worry into prayer)

  • Post published:July 14, 2025
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“Big kids, big problems.” I’ve heard the phrase for years, and I’ve been a little dismissive of it. I love having teenagers. I love the conversations we have about current…

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Read more about the article Our daughter has Down syndrome. Can she live a full life?
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Our daughter has Down syndrome. Can she live a full life?

  • Post published:July 11, 2025
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Here's what I know... Penny has different capacities when it comes to learning, but she has no limits on her capacity to love, or to live a full life. Our…

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Read more about the article Assumptions Without Curiosity

Assumptions Without Curiosity

  • Post published:July 10, 2025
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We just returned from two weeks in Italy as a family. It held all the things we had hoped for. We peeked into churches with some of my favorite Caravaggio…

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Read more about the article Kids, Disability, and Relationships

Kids, Disability, and Relationships

  • Post published:July 5, 2025
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Here’s what I wish parents of typically developing kids knew about disability and relationships: Disability isn’t a completely different experience. It’s often a magnified version of the human experience we all…

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Read more about the article When the parenting to-do list feels like a flood and I catastrophize
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When the parenting to-do list feels like a flood and I catastrophize

  • Post published:June 26, 2025
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I get overwhelmed pretty regularly by all the things I could be doing to support our kids. Marilee is heading to a new school in the fall, and the forms…

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Read more about the article True Friendship Isn’t Built on Pity

True Friendship Isn’t Built on Pity

  • Post published:June 22, 2025
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Years ago, one of our kids came home from preschool and said, “She cries a lot and doesn’t share her toys.” Our child were talking about a classmate who had…

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Read more about the article Enjoying June

Enjoying June

  • Post published:June 20, 2025
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June has been full of gifts! We are enjoying 8th grade graduation, family parties, trips to the shore, our anniversary, Camp PALS, and more! 8th Grade Graduation Marilee graduated from…

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The image is a book cover with the title "From Exclusion to Belonging" by Amy Julia Becker. The cover features a group of four smiling teenagers, including a young woman with Down syndrome in the center. They are dressed in casual clothing and appear to be in an outdoor setting with a blurred background of greenery. The design includes a torn paper effect separating the title text from the image. The title text is in a clean, modern font with "FROM EXCLUSION" at the top and "TO BELONGING" at the bottom, with the author's name displayed below.

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