This past week, Peter and I celebrated our 27th anniversary with two nights away in Mystic, CT. We are BIG fans of short vacations close to home, and Mystic did not disappoint!
Penny returned from a five-day program at Villanova, and she is only more convinced that a residential college program is in her future. She worked on applications for most of the train ride home.
And on Saturday, we threw a family party to celebrate William’s graduation. It was all lovely. We played Bingo with 25 squares, with prompts like, “find someone who has driven a backhoe with William…” “held William when he was in the hospital after he was first born…” “knows where William had stitches and why…” We gave him a photo album of over 400 pictures from these past 18 years. Penny offered a toast and Peter led us in a blessing from John O’Donohue, and my dad interrupted to ask that we all place our hands on William or each other to send him out into a good future. I’m so grateful we get to celebrate these milestones together.
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Amy Julia Becker desires to challenge assumptions about the good life, proclaim the inherent belovedness of every human being, and help us envision and build a world of belonging where everyone matters. Amy Julia invites people to reimagine the good life through her writing and speaking on disability, faith, and culture. She is the author of several books, including To Be Made Well, White Picket Fences, Small Talk, and A Good and Perfect Gift. She is a guest opinion writer for national publications and hosts two podcasts: Take the Next Step and Reimagining the Good Life. Becker is a graduate of Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv). She is a member of the Disability Ministry Network and the Alliance for Disability Justice and Ethics in Reproductive Genetics. She lives with her husband and their three children in western Connecticut.
