“Is there a vagina?” I asked the midwife. After a summer of crop-killing drought, rain fell the day my last child was born. For the first time in two months, we turned off the air conditioning, opened our windows and … Continue reading
Real Community, Virtually When Lyra was four months old, I met a woman at a meeting for new parents of children with Down syndrome. A few weeks later, she sent me an invitation to join a Facebook group titled “(’12/’13) … Continue reading
Your daughter was born with Down syndrome. Do not expect her to read, write, do math or ever drive a car. A physician said these words to the parents of a buoyant baby girl, aptly named Grace, in the days … Continue reading
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An Ohio family full of whoopsie pigglery: personal, political, always questioning
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An Ohio family full of whoopsie pigglery: personal, political, always questioning
An Ohio family full of whoopsie pigglery: personal, political, always questioning
An Ohio family full of whoopsie pigglery: personal, political, always questioning
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