“It was the day before Christmas and it had been snowing hard all day. They began in the early morning, shortly after seven, large feathery flakes sliding down as if they were only playing. They soon grew larger, swirling fantastically, like children taking hold of hands, chasing one another through a fairy world, now this…
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Solving the Mystery of Bethlehem
Last weekend my husband, son and I attended an event at our church called A Night in Bethlehem. We usually tend to avoid large gatherings like this one, but we had talked about it, read the flyer and decided to give it a try. When we arrived, there were several people dressed as shepherds herding…
Dear Santa,
Last year when everything went haywire and Ivy was covered in painful blisters and so very sick, my Christmas wish was for answers. I remember specifically asking you for this, when nobody would listen to me and when there were no doctors who would help us. On Christmas Eve, when Ivy was unwell and weak,…
Sing It, Girl
On Tuesday night, the kids’ school had a Christmas event called “Polar Express Night.” Some of the teachers read The Polar Express to groups of kids and parents, they served cocoa and cookies, and they had a holiday gift shop and toy drive. For all of us parents, the highlight of the night was when…
Close up and personal
When I first started blogging and went in search of sites written by other parents of children with Down Syndrome, one of the things I noticed was a distinct lack of photos. Maybe it was fear of strangers seeing their children, or maybe it was just a level of ignorance about how to upload pics,…
Christmas List
I’m not even going to try to convince my teenagers to visit Santa this year. I’m sad about that because I have their pictures with Santa every year since they were born/adopted. And every Christmas I bring them out and display them on the piano. But I learned my lesson last year – the year…
All This For A Couple Of Links
Utah has the greatest snow on earth. I know this because just about every car in the state proclaims this very thing on their license plate. So, it’s gotta be true. I see snowboarders and skiers wearing shorts flying down the mountains in March even. Personally I feel that March is an obscene month to…
Special Exposure Wednesday – dawn fairies.
There is magic in the everyday. It’s all around us. Hand in hand, Ivy and Noah greet the morning very early. Have you found some magic to share with us this Special Exposure Wednesday? Please remember your comment love at each link you visit. Also blogging at Three RIng Circus
It’s all great in theory
This weekend found us celebrating Peyton’s 5th birthday. Each milestone is still amazing to me. I know there is still fear in my heart that each birthday that passes could be her last. I celebrate a little harder. I want to make her big day a little shinier. I feel this need to make sure…
Try This Tuesday #21: Expected Behavior
One of my son’s biggest issues is the difficulty he has with taking another person’s perspective. Now this is perhaps not totally uncommon in six year olds (LOL), but because he has trouble figuring out what other people are thinking and feeling, it is often hard for him to know what behavior is expected of…