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Read more about the article When Talking About Feelings Is Hard, Try Writing

When Talking About Feelings Is Hard, Try Writing

  • Post published:March 26, 2025
  • Post category:Family
  • Post comments:1 Comment
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Penny has always loved reading and writing. She realized years ago that sometimes she can’t use words to talk about her feelings or thoughts, but she can write about them.…

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Read more about the article S8 E14 | Want to Change Culture? Show Up With Care with Andy Crouch

S8 E14 | Want to Change Culture? Show Up With Care with Andy Crouch

  • Post published:March 25, 2025
  • Post category:Current Events/Disability/Faith/Podcast
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Apple YouTube Spotify More! How does language, both careless and careful, shape our world? What's the connection between social status and the words we choose? How does technology influence our…

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Read more about the article Finding Other Ways to Communicate…

Finding Other Ways to Communicate…

  • Post published:August 30, 2023
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

“I call shotgun.” I remember these days, back when I squabbled with my sisters over who got to sit up front. Now we are reenacting the same conversations within my…

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Read more about the article Two-Word Family Check-In
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Two-Word Family Check-In

  • Post published:December 3, 2022
  • Post category:Family/Parenting
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Lately, I’ve been sending a text once each week to our whole family to check in on how everyone is doing. I used to just ask a generic, “How is…

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The Most Important Thing We Do as a Married Couple

  • Post published:August 6, 2022
  • Post category:Family
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

I used to think it was simply a gift that Peter and I still like each other after twenty-plus years of marriage. That we got lucky, that we were blessed.…

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Read more about the article Talking About Disability
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Talking About Disability

  • Post published:October 13, 2021
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Parenting
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I remember this time, back when Penny was really little, when we were at a birthday party together and another mom was there with her child who also had a…

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