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Sharing a photo with you from our time away…

This July our family will be taking a much needed break. We have family reunions and Andy and I will be attending a pastor’s retreat (I am really excited about the retreat, we NEED it!) I thought about trying to keep up with the blog here during our time of, since the website is new, …

The day my second daughter was born, her diagnosis of Down syndrome threatened to crush my heart. The presence of an extra 21st chromosome seemed too powerful for me to stand up against it. I cried constantly, in fear that our lives would be covered with limitations. As if living in a bad dream, I …

My daughter has Down syndrome. She is only four years old, but we have dreams for her future. Some of those dreams look like possibilities, like a chance to go to college, a chance to get married, or a chance to have a job. She is a smart little girl, with lots of spunk and …

Today our country celebrates Independence day. A day when freedom reigns and we look forward to a future full of dreams and possibilities. Yet, each year millions of orphans waste away in orphanages and institutions waiting for their chance to be free. Waiting for a family to make them their own, and offering them a …

Andy and I walk back to my mom’s house across the street from the park and he reaches for my hand. Fireworks explode in my stomach and I cannot help but smile as we hold hands for the first time. He just asked me to be his girlfriend, and made it clear he didn’t just …