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What do you do for a living?

by Diana Collins October 07, 2024

Yesterday I was asked what I do for a living! My immediate thought (but not my actual answer) was “run around like a chicken with my head cut off...

Posted in A different Beautiful, A different beautiful book, awareness, Down syndrome, Down syndrome awareness, DS, heart defect, special needs, special needs kids, spread awareness, the lucky few, trisomy, trisomy 21, trisomy awareness

Our adoption journey: How do you know?

by Diana Collins July 17, 2024

From that moment, we KNEW we had to have her... we had been talking about adoption for years. We are always drawn to families that have adopted, ...

Posted in A different Beautiful, awareness, birth diagnosis, chd awareness, Down syndrome, Down syndrome awareness, inclusion, kids with special needs, special needs, special needs kids, spread awareness, the lucky few, trisomy, trisomy 21, trisomy awareness

Don’t question your MOTHERS INSTINCT!

by Littlest Warrior March 26, 2024

It was one of the worst days I have ever experienced. If I said I wasn’t traumatized by it I would be lying. In my 23 years of parenting, I had...

Posted in A different Beautiful, av canal defect, awareness, children hospital, children's hospital, Down syndrome, Down syndrome awareness, DS, heart defect, inclusion, kids with special needs, special needs, special needs kids, spread awareness, the lucky few, trisomy, trisomy 21