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“Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots! Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making? Or “Your work has no handles?”  Isaiah 45:9 Maggie is a 17 year-old girl with Down syndrome, who loves life, adores food, and can’t live without music.…

I hear the positive stereotypes all the time. From relatives, friends, doctors, teachers, strangers who strike up a conversation in a store. “Down syndrome children are so sweet.” Or, “They are all so cute and happy all the time.” Or, “Down’s kids are angels.” It’s nice that Penny happens to have a disability that comes…

After Penny was diagnosed with Down syndrome, there were days when I felt as if I was drowning. I could almost feel my lungs filling up with water. I could almost see my murky surroundings, the distorted objects and the light filtering through. I thought I would never come to the surface. Back then, my…

“It takes a village,” has become a cliché. But I really believe it. A wide array of people have been involved in our children’s lives by virtue of circumstance, necessity, and desire. There’s family, of course. My mother, who spends most Thursday nights and Friday mornings caring for her grandchildren. My Aunt Jane, who has…
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