For day 23 of Down syndrome Awareness Month, I wanted to talk about what these individuals can do. While educational and medical advancements have been made, unfortunately, there is still a lot of negative information out there. A quick search about Down syndrome will tell you more about what they can't do. As you see in today's fact, "Many adults with Down syndrome attend college, have jobs, or marry." I went searching for stories just like these shortly after E's diagnosis to give me hope for our future. The same future that I very incorrectly assumed would be sad and the opposite of everything I hoped it would be. I can joyfully and confidently tell you, our future is bright. Emmy's future is bright. Down syndrome is one of the biggest blessings in my life. Now, on to the important stuff. In this blog post, I am going to share just a handful of the stories I have read about individuals with Down syndrome doing great things. I'm so thankful these p...
Just a glimpse into our (probably boring) lives, bringing awareness to parenting a sweet babe with Down syndrome, finding contentment in the good, bad, and mundane, and lots of rambling by me :)