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The Ordinary Goodness of a Life with Down Syndrome, Even Now

The Ordinary Goodness of a Life with Down Syndrome, Even Now

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 27, 2020
  • Post category:Current Events/Down Syndrome/Family/Parenting
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Our daughter Penny is 14. She loves Taylor Swift and Fuller House and the Yankees. She betrays many signs of becoming a typical teenager: she groans when I wake her…

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Hope and the Spiritual Imagination

Hope and the Spiritual Imagination

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 26, 2020
  • Post category:Down Syndrome/Faith/Family/Parenting/Podcast
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“I suspect every pregnant woman imagines a hypothetical life for her child. And every pregnant woman knows that child’s life won’t work out exactly as she imagined it. Life will…

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Chapter 3: Beauty

Chapter 3: Beauty

  • Post author:Amber Beery
  • Post published:May 21, 2020
  • Post category:Faith/Family/Parenting/Podcast
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It was over a decade ago—a few months after William was born—that I caught a glimpse of my body in a full-length mirror and worried about what I saw.⁠ ⁠…

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When I Slammed the Refrigerator Door

When I Slammed the Refrigerator Door

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 14, 2020
  • Post category:Family/Podcast
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This is a picture of what happens when: You realize that you are out of granola and decide to make a really quick trip to the market even though it…

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day!

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 10, 2020
  • Post category:Family/Parenting
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So today, on Mother's Day, can you imagine getting really mad, maybe not for a terrific reason, and yelling at your kids and slamming a door and stomping around the…

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Reading Small Talk: Behind-the-Scenes

Reading Small Talk: Behind-the-Scenes

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 6, 2020
  • Post category:Faith/Family/Parenting/Podcast
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Want a glimpse of Small Talk behind-the-scenes? How do my kids REALLY feel about being stuck at home with our family?! What do they think I am having a hard…

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A Mother’s Day Gift: Reading Small Talk Podcast

A Mother’s Day Gift: Reading Small Talk Podcast

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 1, 2020
  • Post category:Faith/Family/Parenting/Podcast/Uncategorized
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Download Audiobook To all the mothers and fathers of young children who are struggling right now, I have a small gift for you—the Reading Small Talk podcast—that I hope might…

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How My Daughter Convinced Me We Can Help {Ep 107}

How My Daughter Convinced Me We Can Help {Ep 107}

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:April 28, 2020
  • Post category:Current Events/Faith/Family/Podcast
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My Aunt Jane sent us five masks a few weeks ago (see photo). When the masks came, after we decided who gets which one and did a little modeling, I…

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Less Distraction and Paying Attention

Less Distraction and Paying Attention

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:April 22, 2020
  • Post category:Faith/Family
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Distraction—largely in the form of entertainment and busyness—keeps us from love. (So does fear, and so does injustice, which I’ve been talking about in the podcast. But for today, I’m…

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Praising God in Sorrow, Just Like Jesus

Praising God in Sorrow, Just Like Jesus

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:April 19, 2020
  • Post category:Faith/Family
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I mentioned last week that Penny and I have been singing worship songs together lately. It is such a gift to me to turn off the news and sing or…

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