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Read more about the article When Shame Becomes Joy and Guilt Becomes Gratitude

When Shame Becomes Joy and Guilt Becomes Gratitude

  • Post published:September 3, 2022
  • Post category:Family/Healing/Parenting
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Sometimes our sources of shame and guilt can become sources of joy and gratitude. It happened again for me recently, when my aunt and uncle took our kids to Acadia…

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A Secret Sign for “I Love a Person With Down Syndrome”

  • Post published:August 24, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Parenting
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I wish there were some sort of hand signal or gesture that meant, “I love a person with Down syndrome.” Kind of like “Honk if you love Jesus,” except it…

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The Importance of Diverse Friendships

  • Post published:August 9, 2022
  • Post category:Healing/Parenting/Privilege and Race
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Friendships that cut across social dividing lines matter more than almost anything else in helping people move from one social class to another, according to a recent study. Diverse friendships…

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Criticism: General Condemnation or Specific Conviction

  • Post published:August 1, 2022
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One tell-tale sign of an Enneagram One is what’s called an “inner-critic,” a relentless voice inside my head that questions my decisions and makes sweeping pronouncements about my inadequacies.  Whether…

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Screen Guidelines for the Summer

  • Post published:July 23, 2022
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Last summer I wanted to show our kids that we weren’t against screens. Rather, we were for activity and nature and friendship and learning. So I told them as long…

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8th Grade Graduation: Who They Are Becoming

  • Post published:June 20, 2022
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William graduated from eighth grade last week. He’s headed to boarding school next year, so this day marked the end of an era in multiple ways for our family. He’s…

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Stubbornness and Down Syndrome

  • Post published:June 13, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Family/Parenting
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“People with Down syndrome are stubborn.” I’ve heard it from the time Penny was born. From therapists, teachers, doctors, and other parents.  It has always struck me as a negative…

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We Need Each Other

  • Post published:June 4, 2022
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Our friend Elizabeth came to town last weekend. I knew it would be fun for me personally, but I forgot what a gift it would be to have another adult…

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Whom Do You Follow?

  • Post published:May 21, 2022
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In the weeks leading up to William’s confirmation at church, we talked a lot about what it meant to stand up in front of a group of people and profess…

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The IEP Meeting Every Child With a Disability Deserves

  • Post published:May 14, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Parenting
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Peter and I both cried at Penny’s annual meeting to discuss her IEP (Individualized Education Plan) goals.  We cried because we were so overwhelmed with pride in her and gratitude…

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