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The recent Saturday of November 9th, 2019 was a special day. It was Amos' graduation from Rainbow Centre and it could not have been more...

Last month Amos turned FOUR. Yes! FOUR! And Joel will be entering primary school in about eight months. It’s an incredibly bizarre...

Life is full of surprises. We recall that moment over three years ago when the news of Amos’ condition opened up a precipice before us....

It is morning. From the corners of our eyes we perceive movement. We turn and behold a tiny little thing doddering out of the bedroom;...

We are the same in some aspects and we differ in others. It’s a fact. People with Down syndrome tend to lag behind in some areas. We...

A recent sermon had me reflecting on what happened. In April 2014 Amos developed pneumonia when he drank milk into his lungs. We had been...

After a bout of pneumonia Amos snored like a car being jump-started; with each laborious breath his chest heaved and his stomach...

Recently I encountered a heavily pregnant mother of 2 young children. We were both waiting for our hubbies and children to finish their...