Today, I wanted to share this awesome video featuring our friend Ben. We met Ben and his mom at our early intervention program, Special Kids and Families. He and Rachel were just a couple of weeks old. Our families became […]
Dear Rachel, Congratulations today you start your junior year of high school! I know you are so excited and your daddy and I are excited for you. It is really hard to believe you are a high school junior. I […]
Yesterday, I said I would run a few older blogs that I hope will be helpful. Home-school communication is one of the top issues for families. I hope this helps. Communication 101 for Educators (Reprinted from April 2014) If you […]
Social media and my email are both filled with questions and concerns about the start of the school year. Whether you have a child with Down syndrome or another “special” diagnosis or not, the new school year brings concerns, nervousness, […]
I started my blog a little more than five years ago. I was under a different blog host and my firs blog was “Great Women of My Life.” Jonathan had been encouraging me to blog for a good while. I’ve […]
Church and faith are important to our family. Rachel was about two weeks old when she first went to church with us, and she showed up in the nursery at six weeks. Her first real babysitters were people from our […]
This week is National Teacher Appreciation Week. I want to say a heartfelt thank you to those who teach and specifically to the teachers who teach or who have taught Rachel. That includes the support personnel like paraprofessionals, speech, occupational […]
Sometimes the best way to tell the story is through pictures. I wish my photography were half as good as my friend Sherri Harnisch, but I think you’ll love the story anyhow. This week we headed to the NDSS Buddy […]
Rachel often has interesting insights. Easter is a, if not the, most important holiday around our house. Not the Easter bunny but because as Christian, it is the day Christ arose and the basis for our faith. Rachel understands all […]
It is a busy time of year at our house. If you are on social media, I hope you noticed that Monday was World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD). On March 21st individuals around the world celebrate the lives of individuals […]