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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...

Three days ago Amos lost his school teacher. It didn’t register at once when we learned how she had suddenly collapsed one evening and...

World Down Syndrome Day 2019 has come and gone, and with it, Amos’ 6th birthday. It feels unreal. We are in a manic phase of our lives...

One evening I came home feeling like a wreck. Amos would waddle over like a puckish little pixie and say hello and hug my legs. And he...

What crazy months! We apologise if our radio silence made you think we've gone defunct. Far from it! We're still going strong...rather,...

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

If you disapprove of Nazis and the holocaust you’re disapproving something they stood for. It’s called eugenics, and in a nutshell it’s...

We aren’t experts. Something told us that a few days ago. After almost four years of caring for a child with Down syndrome we’re still...

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....

Thank you for doing what you do. You saw a lack in society and went right for it. You have embraced a calling and entered the lives of so...

This week marked the end of the third week that Amos went – ahem, well… TUBELESS! For those who needed a second glance – yes! TUBELESS!...

(Image and article courtesy of Special Seeds Singapore) Down syndrome was an issue we were aware of but never understood. We had been...

My wife and I had our fair share of fretting and frustrations, and even as I write they haggled us and would keep on haggling us for as...

Society demands it. A glamorous lifestyle beckons. Even if it isn’t glamorous it has to be chic, swank and comfortable. Apart from cars...

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;...

This Easter was a special one. Before we go on I must first qualify to say that this is an entry on Christianity. So for those who aren’t...

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...

We love our little cups of coffee. Recent research shows that coffee is good for you. It’s supposed to reduce risk of diabetes,...

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...