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the Upside of Down (syndrome, that is): February 2009
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The Upside of Down (syndrome, that is). Come meet Lauren: a girl with 47 chromosomes and 47,000 ways to make us smile. Saturday, February 14, 2009. On being an older Mom. I have to admit that after I found out Lauren would have Down syndrome, I felt like such a cliche'. There I was, the woman of 'advanced maternal age. Pressing the envelope of natural events by becoming pregnant. If I had just stopped with Gabe, everything would have been okay. And now look at the mess you have made. The statistics say t...
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the Upside of Down (syndrome, that is): some kids take a whole lifetime to raise aka. i'm still learning how to be a mom....
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The Upside of Down (syndrome, that is). Come meet Lauren: a girl with 47 chromosomes and 47,000 ways to make us smile. Monday, February 8, 2010. Some kids take a whole lifetime to raise aka. i'm still learning how to be a mom. He's my son and, yet, he's a stranger. All children are a mystery to be solved, but none moreso for me than Nolan. Not only is he my first son but he has the IQ of a gifted person, mad skills in music and math, huge hair that I call the 8th wonder of the world, a snowboarder (w...
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the Upside of Down (syndrome, that is): June 2009
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The Upside of Down (syndrome, that is). Come meet Lauren: a girl with 47 chromosomes and 47,000 ways to make us smile. Friday, June 26, 2009. Growing up in the beautiful Park Hill neighborhood of. But, then we (or most likely, I,) would go to the King Soopers' store with my dad. This was a welcome retreat as the store held 1: Food! Uh uh Macaroni and cheese? Hell to the Nah. Thursday, June 18, 2009. Sometimes, it's confusing. At times, having a child like Lauren - one with Down syndrome - is confusing...
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the Upside of Down (syndrome, that is): July 2009
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The Upside of Down (syndrome, that is). Come meet Lauren: a girl with 47 chromosomes and 47,000 ways to make us smile. Wednesday, July 29, 2009. Zoo Trip - LoLo style. Today, I went to the Toledo Zoo with Gabe, Lauren and Ada - it was a spur of the m. Oment excursion; you know, those outings that usually turn out the best because the lack of planning means that nothing could go wrong. Gabe was in charge of the camera for most of the day - so the pictures, if they didn't include him. Definitely a good egg.
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the Upside of Down (syndrome, that is): November 2009
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The Upside of Down (syndrome, that is). Come meet Lauren: a girl with 47 chromosomes and 47,000 ways to make us smile. Monday, November 30, 2009. Motherhood: it's like Deja Vu, all over again. So, a couple of weeks ago I was with Chaz and Lauren at the children's hospital at University of Michigan waiting for Lauren to get her hearing tested. This had been a much longer than necessary amount of time spent at the hospital - who knew that a 2 year old could go 9 hours during the day without eating? So, as ...
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the Upside of Down (syndrome, that is): Having Lauren
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The Upside of Down (syndrome, that is). Come meet Lauren: a girl with 47 chromosomes and 47,000 ways to make us smile. Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Having Lauren is like sitting on the shore of the ocean and the waves just keep washing over you.over and over.surrounding you, drowning you, smoothing out the rough edges and sometimes scaring you. Waves of joy and peace and sorrow and hope. It's being surprised and expecting the unexpected. She is all that I could want in a child and more.she stretches me i...
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the Upside of Down (syndrome, that is): School is in session...
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The Upside of Down (syndrome, that is). Come meet Lauren: a girl with 47 chromosomes and 47,000 ways to make us smile. Tuesday, January 26, 2010. School is in session. And I have pictures to prove it! Lauren is now (almost) exaclty 2 1/2, old enough to begin attending Ida's preschool for the hearing impaired. Some of our favorite people are from Ida so we have been looking forward to this for awhile. Outside her locker agreeing to a quick pic with Mom. Block time with her new friend, Chloe. I told my Mom...
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the Upside of Down (syndrome, that is): September 2009
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The Upside of Down (syndrome, that is). Come meet Lauren: a girl with 47 chromosomes and 47,000 ways to make us smile. Thursday, September 17, 2009. When reality hits you in the face. One of my callings in life is that of "grief counselor". Ever since the loss of my precious and beautiful son, Gaven. In 2002, I've gravitated towards others who live with grief. In the time following this loss, I joined and then began facilitating an infant-loss support group. It took me a moment to process this informatio...
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the Upside of Down (syndrome, that is): March 2010
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The Upside of Down (syndrome, that is). Come meet Lauren: a girl with 47 chromosomes and 47,000 ways to make us smile. Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Having Lauren is like sitting on the shore of the ocean and the waves just keep washing over you.over and over.surrounding you, drowning you, smoothing out the rough edges and sometimes scaring you. Waves of joy and peace and sorrow and hope. It's being surprised and expecting the unexpected. She is all that I could want in a child and more.she stretches me i...