by Jane Thurston | Mar 16, 2017 | Jane Thurston: Down Syndrome Days
Sometimes my Down syndrome son is not where he’s supposed to be but the story of missing him can end with a smile. In the process of writing last month about losing track of one’s child and the horror of “whereabouts unknown”, additional life stories of ours also...
by Jane Thurston | Feb 16, 2017 | Jane Thurston: Down Syndrome Days
I Can’t Find My Baby! You know that feeling when you can’t find your young child? Did you flinch and begin to feel that sinking feeling as you read this title? Everyone knows that first jolt of alarm when realizing that they’re unable to spot their little...
by Jane Thurston | Jan 20, 2017 | Jane Thurston: Down Syndrome Days
If we’d known how much we were going to enjoy him, those first few “down syndrome days” would have been very different. It isn’t that I thought we might not enjoy him, but in those first few days there was so much unknown that it did feel like we were navigating a bit...
by Ashley Dewey | Dec 31, 2016 | Ashley Dewey: Single Life
Sometimes the Lord gives us interesting trials to help us learn important lessons. This week I have been blessed to have a nasty bacterial infection all across the bottom half of my face. Dry skin peeling from your face is not the most attractive feature a person can...
by Ashley Dewey | Dec 25, 2016 | Ashley Dewey: Single Life
What shall we give to the Babe in the manger? What shall we offer the Child in the stall? Incense and spices and gold we’ve aplenty, are these the gifts of the King of us all? What shall we give to the Boy in the temple? What shall we offer the Man by the sea?...
by Jane Thurston | Dec 23, 2016 | Jane Thurston: Down Syndrome Days
At Christmastime, we remember the reason for all the world’s joy. And celebrate the day He became a small boy. In our church a person’s membership record includes the date he or she was baptized. I’ll never forget the moment I laid eyes on my Down syndrome...
