Siblings on World Down Syndrome Day
Last weekend I mentioned to our kids that March 21 was World Down Syndrome Day. I reminded them that a few years ago, Marilee thought we should celebrate this day…
S6 E15 | World Down Syndrome Day and Unexpected Gifts with Jillian Benfield
On World Down Syndrome Day, Jillian Benfield, author of The Gift of the Unexpected, talks with me about whether it is hard to be the parent of a child with…
World Down Syndrome Day 2023
I love World Down Syndrome Day. It’s a day to simply pause and celebrate the goodness of a world with people with Down syndrome in it. It’s a day to…
Interview With Penny for World Down Syndrome Day
Penny, March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day. It’s a day to celebrate the lives of people like you, who were born with Down syndrome. Can you start by telling…
Celebrating Penny on World Down Syndrome Day
This year, we invited Penny to suggest how we should celebrate World Down Syndrome Day. She decided our day of celebrating Penny would include a walk by the river, takeout…
Celebrating World Down Syndrome Day
As I type, our daughter Penny is downstairs on her phone. She might be commenting on an Instagram post or texting with a friend or sending a video message on…
Missing Out on Beautiful: Growing Up With a Child With Down Syndrome {Paperback}
December 30, 2005. That’s the day our daughter Penny was born. She was diagnosed with Down syndrome a few hours later. World Down Syndrome Day is coming up on March…
World Down Syndrome Day Movie Night
Today is World Down Syndrome Day, a day in which we celebrate the life of our daughter Penny and of all the women and men with Down syndrome all over…
World Down Syndrome Day 2019
Today we celebrate World Down Syndrome Day and the lives of millions of people with Down syndrome around the globe. (It’s March 21, 3/21, and Down syndrome is the genetic…
Penny's friends celebrate her on her 11th birthday
On World Down Syndrome Day, Some Thoughts on Beauty, Vulnerability, and Love
Dear friends, Last week I told our kids that today is World Down Syndrome Day, a day across the globe to celebrate the lives of those living among us with…
