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Read more about the article Love Looks Like Fish Tacos
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Love Looks Like Fish Tacos

  • Post published:February 23, 2022
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Sometimes love comes in the form of fish tacos.  I’ve been eating as a pescatarian for a few weeks now. Our family knows this, but we haven’t really changed our…

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The Shared Delight of Wordle

  • Post published:February 12, 2022
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As a mom, I’ve found that I want one thing I share with each kid that is just for the two of us. With Penny, it’s creating our family photo…

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Why a Failed Shopping Expedition Was Still a Great Birthday Present

  • Post published:February 5, 2022
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Marilee turned 11 last Sunday. We drove to Brooklyn early to meet her new cousin, and we had already planned to see Wicked on Broadway with tickets that we had…

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Responsive Parenting

  • Post published:February 1, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Family/Parenting
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When Penny was three months old, and we were so very new to all things parenting and all things related to disability, we attended a conference for parents of children…

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Anticipating Joy

  • Post published:January 31, 2022
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“Anxiety is anticipated terror. Hope is anticipated joy.” I heard theologian Jürgen Moltmann say this to fellow theologian Miroslav Volf on a podcast a long time ago.  For some reason,…

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The Temptation to Withdraw Rather Than Engage

  • Post published:January 22, 2022
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In our household, we have to fight the urge for each of us to withdraw from one another on our individual devices. We have to challenge ourselves to move our…

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Dreaming for the Future

  • Post published:January 12, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Family
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When Penny was younger, I resisted setting goals for her. The early years of her life were full of measurements and yardsticks and a sense of "falling short" of developmental…

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The Gift of the Magi

  • Post published:January 8, 2022
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This Christmas, I felt like Peter and I were living out our own version of the O. Henry short story, The Gift of the Magi. Do you know it?  This…

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Read more about the article Happy Sweet Sixteen, Penny!

Happy Sweet Sixteen, Penny!

  • Post published:December 30, 2021
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Penny started planning for her Sweet Sixteen three years ago. It was the topic of many a family walk—who would be invited, what the menu would entail, how we would…

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Joy of Missing Out

  • Post published:December 18, 2021
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Marilee recently taught me the idea of “jomo.” It’s the opposite of FOMO. FOMO is the fear of missing out. JOMO is the joy of missing out. For better or…

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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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