Just over six years ago, I gave birth to Nathan, a tiny boy with a beautiful spirit. He was a surprise in more ways than one, but one of those was that he has Down syndrome. Thirteen days later, Mr. Andi laced up his running shoes to participate with local law enforcement as a guest in… Read More
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What I Learned in April
Is it really May already? It seems like just the other day I was worrying about Nathan starting kindergarten, and now the school year is almost over – nineteen days are all that remain (and a year from now Sarah Kate will be preparing for high school!) It’s been a roller coaster of a school… Read More
Do’s and Don’ts When Your Friend Has a Premature Baby
Sometimes forgotten in all of the stories through the years is the fact that Sarah Kate was a premature baby. I started this blog shortly after Nathan was born, when she was seven. Although I’ve sprinkled in a few stories from her early years, most of the Sarah Kate content here dates from 2010 forward…. Read More
How I Knew My Daughter Would Be a Fighter
Sarah Kate has always been a fighter. When she was only one day old, Mr. Andi and I sat in the NICU, helplessly looking on as her duty nurse poked, prodded, checked, and rechecked her vitals, her IV, and all of the other things that nurses check when babies are born weighing only two-and-a-half pounds…. Read More
Adventures in Highlighting
Most of the time, our family feels pretty ordinary. We watch TV, eat at Chick-fil-A, go to church, pay the bills, walk the dogs, and so on. Not all families make regular trips to pediatric specialists, of course, but those things feel like anomalies in an otherwise stereotypical family experience. Sometimes I have to laugh,… Read More
Wibbly Wobbly… Timey Wimey… Nathan
Last week, Nathan’s team played against a team with several kids we know, including the son of Lisa, a good friend of mine. Just before the game started, she came and sat next to me, expressing excitement at getting to see Nathan play (she’d heard the stories). He batted first again, and things went the… Read More