Collection of Essays
Missing Out on Beautiful:
Growing Up With a Child With Down Syndrome
I’ve written tens of thousands of words about our experience as parents of a child with Down syndrome over the years, including my book A Good and Perfect Gift: Faith, Expectations, and a Little Girl Named Penny. Now I've combined some of these thoughts into a collection of essays.
These essays reflect our family’s experiences while Penny, our daughter who has Down syndrome, was a baby, a child growing up, and a student in middle school.
This collection of thoughts speaks to the significance of community—dance teachers, schoolteachers, churches, friends, and even acquaintances—who help to create a space not just of inclusion but of belonging for Penny and for our family.
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