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Favorites of 2010: Who Decides Defective? and a Spiritual Defense of Gift-Giving
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amyjuliabecker
This past month, I had two posts published in other venues: “Who Decides Defective?” an op-ed about a new method of in-vitro fertilzation, published in the Hartford Courant. I also had another post on Motherlode, “A Spiritual Defense of Gift-Giving,” about the ways to celebrate materialism at Christmastime. Happy New Year, everyone!
Favorites of 2010: Don’t You Care if We Drown?
By
amyjuliabecker
This past fall, I wrote a series called “Questions for Jesus,” where I looked at a different Biblical passage in which people ask Jesus questions. My favorite post of the bunch comes from Mark 4, where the disciples ask Jesus, “Don’t you care if we drown?” This post relates my own experiences in the early…
Favorites of 2010: When the World Comments on Your Life
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amyjuliabecker
I wrote two posts for Motherlode, the parenting blog of the New York Times, in September. One discussed my decision to decline prenatal tests during my third pregnancy, in spite of the higher likelihood of Down syndrome. The second post discussed the reality of having a child with Down syndrome. Readers of Motherlode responded in…
Favorites of 2010: Diagnosing Down Syndrome and Do Kids Make you Happy?
By
amyjuliabecker
Before I offer favorites from July of 2010, I have to mention that today is Penny’s 5th birthday! I will be writing more about this day next week. For now, Happy Birthday Penny! Two posts of note from July: “Diagnosing Down Syndrome,” a post about what doctors should say when they are delivering a diagnosis…
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