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Read more about the article TIME: How Disability Changed What Easter Means to My Family
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TIME: How Disability Changed What Easter Means to My Family

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:April 16, 2022
  • Post category:Disability/Down Syndrome/Faith/Family
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I wrote an essay for TIME that came out today: How Disability Changed What Easter Means to My Family. As I write in this essay, when our daughter Penny was…

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Read more about the article Let Me Introduce Myself

Let Me Introduce Myself

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:April 24, 2021
  • Post category:Faith/Family
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Let me introduce myself! Four things to know about me. I am: Mom to middle-aged children. Both spiritual and religious. A polite activist. Loving and hating the Whole 30.  (Every…

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Read more about the article 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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Read more about the article Embracing Our Common Humanity

Embracing Our Common Humanity

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:November 15, 2019
  • Post category:Common Humanity/Disability/Down Syndrome/Parenting/Privilege and Race
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I’ve recently adopted “embracing our common humanity” as my shorthand for what I am attempting to do with my writing and speaking. If you look back through my blog you…

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Read more about the article Summer Rewind: Why We Still Go To Church

Summer Rewind: Why We Still Go To Church

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:August 21, 2019
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Summertime is the hardest time for us to convince our kids, and ourselves, to go to church on Sunday mornings. They want to go to the beach. They want to…

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Read more about the article Jesus Came From A Dysfunctional Family

Jesus Came From A Dysfunctional Family

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:December 5, 2018
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We had Marilee’s parent/teacher conference yesterday morning. We heard about her leadership in the classroom and the play she is writing with her friend Nathan. She’s kind to the other…

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Thoughts from January 8-12, 2018

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  • Post published:January 12, 2018
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Monday, January 8, 2018 I can't remember why we were talking about the Garden of Eden last night at dinner, but in the midst of the conversation Marilee said, "Can…

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