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...
by Jane Thurston | Dec 15, 2016 | Jane Thurston: Down Syndrome Days
The beginning of the life of Christ began the lessons that we learn from Him in mortality. He taught often by telling stories that invited listeners to connect eternal principles with their everyday lives. My daughter has noticed how scenes from her everyday life...
by Jane Thurston | Oct 20, 2016 | Jane Thurston: Down Syndrome Days
Don’t be frightened by this scary x-ray! It’s not a Halloween decoration – it’s actually the inside of my Down syndrome son’s foot. One of life’s “if I’d known then what I know now” moments can be explained here. When I went for the amniocentesis that would tell...
