Last Wednesday, Nathan had his tonsils out, ear tubes fixed and a tune-up on the adenoids…what an ordeal! Paul and I spent the day with Nathan at the hospital taking turns holding him while he screamed. I think his pain was being managed pretty well, it was all the tubes and monitors that made him [...]

Nathan is all about sunshine. It’s a good thing, because lately his sister Miika is like a little rain cloud. Maybe it’s Kindergarten, the kids she spends the day with, or perhaps she’s just tired, but everyday when I pick her up from school, she’s downright grumpy. So, we struggle. Miika never had terrible twos [...]

I Am Capable Of More Than I Think I Am by Gregg Rogers Gregg Rogers is an English professor at Pennsylvania State University. He spent 10 years as a writer, reporter and editor in New York and Los Angeles. Rogers and his wife host a Web site for other families in their area who have [...]

I have to thank my friend Amy for sending a link to this article from the Washington Post…well reasoned and insightful. Thank you, Michael Gerson for your eloquence! Archive | Biography | RSS Feed | Opinions Home Trig’s Breakthrough By Michael Gerson Wednesday, September 10, 2008; Page A15 In addition to Barack Obama making history [...]

Last night, Paul and the kids went to bed early, so I had the luxury of sitting down to watch Sarah Palin’s speech in peace. I was riveted. And I had to laugh at the end because her speech left the commentators speechless. After tolerating bits and pieces of Hilary Clinton’s plastic speeches over the [...]

Down syndrome development, milestones, learning ABCs

Getting Nathan to sleep through the night has been a 2 1/2-year journey. His first six months, he slept like…well…a baby! After that it’s been a mostly downhill journey. It’s an exhausting story so I won’t go into every detail, but basically just when I think I have it all figured out, Nathan throws me [...]

Last Tuesday when the kids and I were at Nathan’s playgroup, Nathan picked up a hand from Mr. Potatohead and started waving it, saying clearly, “Hi.” That was a first! For the last week, he’s been using his new word to greet friends, family, and perfect strangers. I could not be happier! Seems like a [...]

OK, so who is “Murphy” anyway—as in “Murphy’s Law?” I googled it and found this: It was named after Capt. Edward A. Murphy, an engineer working on Air Force Project MX981, (a project) designed to see how much sudden deceleration a person can stand in a crash. One day, after finding that a transducer was [...]

It’s maddening to ask God, “Why?” Yet, I believe that God calls us to question him so he can give us the answers. We have an old friend who for some time subscribed to the belief that God simply set everything into motion then sat back and let everything free fall as it would. Of [...]