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Life with my 11 wonderful children.My youngest daughter Ruby is blessed with Down Syndrome.

Monday, May 24, 2010

What We Owe

What We Owe Children : Revolutionary Common Sense Kathie Snow

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Labels: Disability is Natural, Down Syndrome, Inclusion, Kathie Snow

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Becca said...: Thank you for sharing that--very thought-provoking!; May 25, 2010 at 12:10 PM

My Family

Psalm 139:13-16

13 For thou hast possessed my reins:thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.14 I will praise thee;for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:marvellous are thy works;and that my soul knoweth right well.15 My substance was not hid from thee,when I was made in secret,and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.16 Thine eyes did see my substance,yet being unperfect;and in thy book all my members were written,which in continuance were fashioned,when as yet there was none of them.

Trouble

" Trouble is a strange thing.It arrives in dark robes of despair and uncertainty,and not until it is already behind us do we recognize that our unwelcome intruder has been God's love and mercy in disguise.How often the Lord uses difficulty to give us"the best" in place of "the good."
Jessie Rice Sandberg

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Raising Arrows

Podcast #163 – Spending Time with Your Teens
Beneath My Heart

Entry Table Makeover
Adventures with Beth

One Happy Custodian
Micah Six Eight

On The Road - Oh My!
5 Minutes for Mom

Healthy Chicken and Broccoli Casserole Recipe
The Blessing of Verity

Slot Freebet Tanpa Deposit 2023
Cooking For A Quiver

Apple Pie
The Princess and The Tornado
Beneath the Wings

An Open Letter to Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau
Junior's Amazing Journey

Blending Meals
To The Max

The Disability Blogger Weekend Blogger Link-up is back
Gabriel updates

So many feels
Reading to Know

New Stories, New Music
Garden of Eagan

Still here?
The Chronicles of Ellie Bellie Bear

Cecostomy Tubes R Us
To Love, Honor and Vacuum

Celebrate with Me! To Love, Honor and Vacuum is Now Bare Marriage!
What's New With The W Family

The Speed of Inclusion
A Life Without Limits: Rollin' Into The Future

Faithful Friday: The Painful Art of Letting Go [of An Adult With Disabilities]
Big Blueberry Eyes

Miss Amazing
Feisty Kaelyn

January 2022
A Perfect Lily

Testing again
Loving Arabella

Dual Diagnosis
Pinwheels

What day is it, even?
Our Little Chilli Tribe

The End...
T-21 and us

Forgive and forget?
Mason Arik
Love for Colin

April Activities
Colorado Mama To Three

I'm Mad as Hell and I'm not Gonna Take it Anymore" -The Network 1976
Our Journey to Home

Week 1 Check In
Blessed by Beau

Sleep Apnea Surgery
miss maggie rae

a 'carl' dutch door, a magpie and a kitten
I don't know what to say

Chitchat and Calendars and Other Complaints
Yarni Gras!

Annual ornament swap!
Special needs disability parenting BLOOM

BLOOM becomes part of Holland Bloorview's new website
My Cute Little Navya

What's up with Navya
Life in my shoes

April Birthdays 2019
Just a Little Bit Downsy

Who I Am
My Name is Sarah

A Buckeye Legacy
The Flege Farm

Miss blogging
The World of the Hite Family

Connecting Rod KIT ASSY For Yamaha RD007 Outboard Engine Boat Motor Aftermarket Parts 82M-11650-00 82M-11650
Camp Homeschool

Christmas Cookie Recipes
Eleven Blessings

The Art of Becoming a Missing Person, AKA where have I been...
Everything and Nothing from Essex

Summer Essentials
Love That Max

The Disability Blogger Weekend Link-up: you read it here second
Rivers of Joy

Unexpected friends
Mama of 10

Our Family is Growing
She is Our Angel

thankful
The Rocking Pony

It Just Ran Away With Me
Monkey Musings

John Michael is 10 Today!!
Chromosomally Enhanced

Hello again!!
Many Little Blessings

Celebrate National Cheese Curd Day with Culver’s
Dream Big

To Blog Again?
life is beautiful

to the publishing company that calls my child a "reluctant learner"
Beauty for Ashes

This Blog Has Moved!
She's Our Butterfly

Darby's Dancers Recital
Life With Sweet Pea and Angel

Special Olympics Summer Games 2017 Gymnastics
Life With My Special Ks

Happy 13th Birthday, Kennedy!!!
The House That Jade Built

Introducing Edie Joy Reid
Growing a Violet

Forget Picasso, Watch Out for Violet!
JournalingLeah

The Bus
Our Unexpected Journey

Curious??
My Little Saint

Lirik Lagu Secret Love Song
OUR FISHY CRACKER

2017
our perfectly imperfect life

Eleven.
My Stubborn Little Miss

Losing a Fight with Technology.
Party of 5

An In-Depth Guide to Microdermabrasion
Hurricane Riley and Big Brother Rex

31 Days of Down syndrome Awareness - Day 27
Love for Little Liam

Berapa harga jual membran RO Luso | Berapa harga mesin SWRO | harga lapisan membran RO
The Tao of Tulips

Math
The Hill Family of Northwest Arkansas: A Journey Into the World of Down Syndrome

Is intellect a barrier to relationships?
Lily's Life is Great!

Tiny Bubble butt Sydney Cole gets fucked!
Braska Bear

Nebraska meets Indiana
Giles family of 5

2016 Summer trip to Sea Cliff NY
Special Connection Homeschool

Homeschool High School and Special Needs - Social Studies
Daily Smiles

A Letter to my kids on Mother's Day
Larisa Stories

Glimpse of the Future
Wide Awake Planet

The Birth Story
Not That You Asked

The Struggle is Real
Happy Hartman Farm

Hope Soap For Timothy
Praying for Parker

Signing, Friends and Shutterfly
Angel Eyes

Merry Christmas 2015
MERRY CHRISTMAS

Brothers (2015)
Ralph and the Crew
Life in Forsyth

shift work
Seeking Faithfulness

Interview with Smockity Frocks author, Connie Hughes, on the Role of Fitness in the Life of a Homeschooling Mom
Daniel Drinker

Pope Daniel (the first) on Halloween
Our little angel "E-V"

Bursa Lowongan Terbaru PT Gunung Raja Paksi
Hanzely Clan News

Twins turn TEN!!
Blessings From Aubrey

Down Syndrome Awareness - Day 12 Service Dogs
life with 4 kiddos

Testing this out
Chase and More

Officially a Big Boy!
Welcome to Taylorville

Four years and counting....
Aimee's Bowl of Cherries

Step Up for Down Syndrome 2015
Simeon's Trail

Dear Square Pegs
The 3rd 21st...

Dear Mary
Love, Sissy

Love at first sight
Little Wonders

Happy Heart Day Miss Zoey ...
Ready for "Ross"...Stas that is!

Remember us? It's all about Stas on Sunday!
The Best Things in Life Aren't Things!!!

Cream La Tansa | Cream Pemutih Wajah Alami
The Narretto Family

brooke
To Love Endlessly

AccesSurf
The Cannon Chronicles

Happy 4th Gotcha anniversary, Dariya!
The Bates Motel

"Sharing" the Only Child with Down Syndrome
Yo Mamma Mamma!

The Media and Down syndrome
The 30 Day Journey......For Hope

Cult Keeper
Jaxsons Fight

Because it's magic!
All Are Precious In His Sight
Raising My LoLo

11 Lagu Terbaik Irwan Sumenep D' Academy 2
My Three Sons

Why I am not a hypocrite
Unringing the Bell

Old Friends, Hello.
ever forward, Maya

The Amazing Maya in 2014
The Muncks Quiver

December 2014
Loving Laynee

Merry Christmas
Unforeseen Gifts

December 5 on 5
The Ordinary Life of an Extraordinary Girl

Thanksgiving 2014
Megan's got 47

Lesson 5: Elisa's Diary
Life As We Know It

Down Syndrome and the People Who Already Know.
*Results Not Typical

Two and Two
Confessions of an Organized Homeschool Mom

Buy the Book!
Dancing Through the Tulips

Our Elopement Safety Plan
SpunkyHomeSchool

Gov. Snyder's vision for P20 Education
EmmaSage

Rememberance.....
Hannah's Shenanigans

Segway Lesson!
Pipecleaner Dreams

Summer Done, School Year Begun
DownBlogger

The Challenge for all of us is this:
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Valya, a Sweet Teen!
My Little Genius

Dual Diagnosis
My Shtub

Moved!!
Just RK

Streamlining the Blogs
Finding Joy in Simple Things

PWS Awareness Day 30: On Friends and Social Thinking
Life With My Girls

Avery's 2014 Kindergarten Graduation Video
Ella Grace with the Pretty Face

BFF's
MY COOL FAMILY

Mother's Day
live, laugh, love

A red balloon...
Finding Our Way

International Bereaved Mother's Day
Lila's Miracle Life

Soaking it up...
Gifts

The blog is back!
Jaxson's Blankies for Babes

Summer all year!
No Greater Gift

Books by P.K. Hallinan
My Cup Overfloweth

Far too long......
The Unknown Contributor

I've Moved
Genetically Enhanced

More Alike or Just Different?
Seeing The Up Side Of Down

Someone is 16 Today!
Our Little Man

Project Valentine!
My Precious Saira

Thankful for this blog and the blogging world out there!
SpIGoT

Silver
The Heflin Family

Addy updates
Three Girls & Tim

Photodump
A Little Something Extra For Us

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Stumbo Family Story

I'm hanging out over at ellenstumbo.com
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Fall Trees
The Reynold's Wrap

Pictures of Andrew and Elena
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I FORGOT AN IMPORTANT DATE!!
J.E.B.'s Journey....

I now have a teenager and a Middle Schooler!!! YIKES!
Love life and be gentle

I lost a friend..... The world lost a beautiful person.
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Ode to these two!!
Carrington's Courage

Response to Our Grievance Letter
Our Story: Continued

Another Acronym. Another Specialist. The Long Story.
Banana Pants

Happy Birthday, Paige!!
3 Little Billy Goats

A is for Aidan - thank you Mrs. F!
Lori's Say On The Matter

The Romeike Story
Down Syndrome New Mama

What a New Mom Needs
Moos Crossing

World Down Syndrome Day (and a bite sized blog hop)
Rock'n The Extra

Birthday
Happy Jack: plus brother Evan

World Down Syndrome Day 2013
Three Little Birds

Applying Payday Loans Now, it is Easy
The Family of Unexpected Miracles

Our newest Miracle...Karson James Matthews
The Bryant Family News

Polar bear PLUNGE.....
Hamilton Hams

Energy For Ethan - Facebook Page
Oh the places we'll go

Disney Day 1 cont. and Disney day 2
Saving An Angel

Dear President Putin
My Life with Gabriel

mylifewithgabriel
Raising Reid

Toys with Therapy Influence
Anne & Whitney: Up, Down and All around

Whitney's BIG haircut (aka wrestling an alligator!)
The 21st Chromosome...A Blessing in Disguise

A Beautiful Revelation....God's BIGGER Plan....
Four Wonders of Life

Back on the horse!
THE WONDER OF WYSDOM

Happy 4th Birthday Wysdom!
Jewels in My Crown

Announcement!!
Finding Martin...
Our Bundle of Joey

Happy Halloween
Down With Oz

79. RETARD is Hate Speech
Penny's Peeps

31 for 21 Day 21 BUDDY WALK BUDDIES - The Wards!!!!
Thoughts from a life

On trying new things
Little Miss Magic

All Jellybeans are Alike and Different
Oz Squad

Ann Coulter, It's Time to Apologize
Counting Kisses

How long is the grieving period?
Monkey & Peanuts World
Saving Lera

The Scoop
Crazy Beautiful Love

Oh my...
Kaitlyn's Korner

A Family Update (and some devastating family news)
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TalkTools Straw #7
Lifes Little Surprises

2nd Annual Road Trip North
Sweet Ella Grace

Hello???? Is Anyone Out There???
A day in the life of a Green M&M

Rambling on and on
CalvaryGirl

Modern Family - Homeschooling Funny
Shanghai SongBird

Goat babies
Choosing Joy

Leaving God out of it....(And extreme run-on sentence alert)
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Pocket Lint

New blog post up at www.gillianmarchenko.com
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Atlantoaxial instability {advice needed!!}
Real Life | Down syndrome Birth Stories

Abby | A Postnatal Diagnosis
Rees's Pieces
Three Little Kings

Apologies of an Overwhelmed Mama
An Unexpected Trip to Holland

New Blog
A Hapa Girl and her Hapa Family!

Happy New Year!
Our Roads Traveled

Ringing in the New Year
hang on little tomato

Spread the Word!
Mauzy's Musings

Math, it no longer makes him "sweat"
The Cunningham Eight
Extra Smiles... Extra Giggles... Extra Love...

Max First Day.
Zip - Perdue - Dee - Dah

kira speak
Just Jack Jack

Speechless. Heartbroken.
Blessed with Girls

August? Really?
Days with Dylan

Cassidy
The Good Life

Special Request
Adelynn's Journey

Officially Assigned and Final Fundraiser!
Holly's House...not a perfect mom's blog...

If You Love Me You'll Follow Me
The beautiful blessings of my four boys

As School Gets Ready to Start!!
My Little Stinkerie

Tracy Gumfory
Cameron's Crew

Family Photos
My little "Son-Shine"

Wordless Wednesday: Just "Sliding" Around
Three's a Charm

New BLOG!
Fangmann's Fun Follies

Happy,Happy, birthday to Adam:-)
Life with Luke Skywalker

It's been a big month.
OPT for Feeding and Speech

Diane Bahr Article- Must Read
Livin for the Love

Mother's Day Reality Check
blessed and lucky

A Brand New Day
LIVING WITH FAITH

Another adventure brought to you by Girl Scouts....
Our Eyes Opened

Thank You God!
Choosing Charlie

Harper Family Blog:)
The Andersons

lil' cowboy
Living in the Light

Sisters, Daughters, Granddaughters, Cousins, Nieces, Neighbors, Friends...
Amazing Baby Grace

World Down Syndrome Day Fundraiser For Peters Adoption
The Lehnick Family

Brayden first 3 years at OneTrueMedia.com
Sunflower Stories

Vintage Poncho Wearing Sisters
Take a Walk on The Happy Side

Moved to Walkonthehappyside.wordpress.com
Finnian's Journey

Moving On
Believing in Miracles

MORGAN
Joy in the Journey

Carter is too cute...and smart
Fearfully & Wonderfully Made

Yogi with Tiana
Baker's Goodies

Introduction to Ceramics, Failure of Administrators
Real Women, Real Food

Pumpkin Walnut Cheesecake
Mommy's Life with Zachery & Allie

long time
our 47 peices of heaven

moved
Getting Down with Nate

My Creep-ing Skeleton!
Tay Updates....
Blessed Chaos

simplifying
the Upside of Down (syndrome, that is)

The Party
Penny, the baby girl

Penny Turns Three!!
Deqlan Ross Higgins

we have moved!
Cathal's Big Adventure

We Were On...
Pudge and Biggs

Looking for Pudge and Zippy?
Sasse Babies

New Blog
The Phenomenal, Fabulous, Fantastic Ds BlogBlog

The Only Thing To Fear is Fear Itself
Kenner's Krazy Krack Up Life

Why my friend Alan called me the Macguyver of Poop
A Deeper Shade of Love

Fridge-Worthy Art
Down South Musings

Poppa, We Remember You
The Way of The Pencil

It's Been Awhile
The Carpenter Chronicles

The T21 Traveling Afghan
I ♥ Tucker

Back to school.....
mi2boys

Another one of my hero's!!!
Lily's Life is Great!

ARE YOU MISSING LILY?
Life with the Browns

Giveaway WINNERS!
Found along my journey through Holland

All about Down syndrome
life, the universe and everything else...

Mother's Day
3 Princes and a Princess
One Beautiful Life
Adventures of Home Schooling Noah
lhb
Le Fevre Times
Gifts From the Heart For Downs
Homeschooling Kennedy
Burman Bunch
Can I be Frank?
Be Still and Know...a Journey
The Mom Adventures
The Poppies' Blog
Hope for Elijah
Large Family Mothering
Waiting for Reese
The Down Syndrome Connection
Windmills and Tulips
Just Cate Blog
Nuts and Boltz
Our Life......
Chasing Charlotte
We may not have it all together, but together we have it all!
Bring The Rain
Banana Migraine
Audrey, Stella and Quint's Playground
DownRightFaith.com
Living Life with E's
momof12and loving it
Life and Times of Rowdy
Happily ever after....
Embracing life as Household 6
Favored Grace
Nathan and Brooke Gardner
A Place in the Sun
Our Journey
Gabi's World
Mothering by the Seat of My Pants
Rustin's Roundup
Lovely and Amazing
Rachel's Blog
Bringing Carson....and John Home
Our Typical Life
Grace Upon Grace
The Knight Family
Kwisteena's Kwaziness
The Zoromski Chronicles
Small Swift Birds
A is for Aiden
Sheards Scene
A Walk In Lily's Garden
Heart of the Matter Online
Little Miss E
Smith Family
Sewn Together By Grace
Far Above Rubies
A different kind of perfect
Sx3 in SC
Living in the Moment
Crochet Cabana's Crafty Corral
Enjoying the Small Things
henry's mommie
The Maxwell 6
Mosaic Moments
Elliott's Nest
Opposite Kids
my little cheeky monkeys

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Butterfly

"Anyway, there is a place, and I'm sure it is different for every parent, where your idea of your child having Down syndrome becomes released from those fears and your child is more beautiful than you ever imagined -- like a butterfly."MOM LOOK! I'm flapping my wings like a butterfly!"♥Lianna