This North Dakota Homecoming Queen is Capturing Hearts Everywhere
When Paula and Kevin Burckard’s third child was born, she arrived with a little something extra the North Dakota couple never saw coming. …
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Why God Gave One Son a Miracle But Not the Other
This is the tale of two brothers, each born with separate life-threatening medical conditions. I am their mother. I prayed day and night for God to…
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Dear Special Needs Mom, I See You
Dear special needs mom, I want you to know that I see you. I see you running your child to therapy when your friends are running their kids to Little…
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My Son with Down Syndrome has a Higher Intelligence
We’ve been through a lot of big life things in the last year. They are the kind of hardships we will look back on, look at each other,…
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The Biggest Thing You Need To Know About Down Syndrome
Stop generalizing. Yep, that’s it, the one thing that I wish everyone knew about Down syndrome. You see, Down syndrome came into my life…
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Please Talk To Your Child About My Daughter
My husband and I were blessed with our first child, Bailey, on July 24, 2009. After she was born, and about 10 minutes after I was rolled to…
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Decreased Down Syndrome Numbers isn’t Science, it’s Murder
“Iceland is on pace to virtually eliminate Down syndrome through abortion,” the CBS News tweet read. It was an effective tease: I clicked…
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I Worry About Changing the Affordable Care Act – And This is Why
Eleven years ago we had our first, typical daughter who was 6, our son with Down syndrome who was 3, and had taken permanent guardianship of our…
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That Beautiful Extra Chromosome
To me, October not only signals that fall is upon us and the trees are turning. It’s also Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Respect For…
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Things Not To Say To Special Needs Parents
Part of the reason I started to blog again is that I want to raise as much awareness for special needs children that I can. As a proud Down syndrome…
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