Rachel loves birthdays. Last night when she was praying she thanked God for celebrating America’s birthday. We kind of have a tradition of making some different patriotic looking things. Last year we made some 4th of July Breakfast Pies. Several […]
As promised and as I most usually do, I want to share reflections from church camp last week. Primarily I’m going to share the week in pictures but a few points. Rachel is fully included with her church group and […]
We are headed off to Centrifuge Church Camp this morning. We love church camp and I have lots to tell you about when we get back – church camp and a job, too! Today, I am just going to re-post […]
My last blog was 16 things I love about Rachel because we were off to NYC to celebrate her Sweet 16 and celebrate we did. We joke that Rachel leads a Forrest Gump type life. One of our friends says […]
Rachel is celebrating her Sweet 16 in NYC. “Wicked,” “The Lion King,” and much more on the schedule. It really does seem like just yesterday we were anticipating her birth.We had a prenatal diagnosis and she looked healthy on her […]
Rachel’s grades came a few days ago. I already knew her grades because I follow online. However, there is something powerful and more real about feeling and touching the actual grade report. Rachel takes great pride in her school work […]
Happy Birthday Ben and Oksana! Ben is Rachel’s first friend. I shared his sister Olivia’s valedictorian speech last week (Don’t Compromise.) She talked about Ben. As I have mentioned once or twice, Rachel and Ben met at the ripe old […]
I wasn’t going to blog today, but I can’t help myself. Our friend Olivia graduated from high school last week, and everyone needs to see her valedictorian speech! I first met Olivia at Special Kids and Families. I don’t think […]
Rachel has been in “sophomore” mode for a few weeks now. Right now, she has about two classes standing between her and her sophomore year but she has been reminding us that she will no longer be a high school […]
In my circles we talk a lot about the need for family friendly, wholesome entertainment. That’s not just my church circle either. In my Down syndrome circles, we talk about wanting to see more positive images of individuals with Down […]