Posted in Down syndrome, Mothering on May 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Michelle of DownBlogger has an idea for an online fund-raiser to help the adorable Parker. She writes, “If a whole bunch of us created scrapbook pages, sets, or kits that could be sold on Ebay, we could send the Pages 4 Parker to a central disbursement person, who would ship them out as they sell. The pages could [...]
Posted in Down syndrome, Mothering, Pinwheels, Writing on May 12, 2008 | 8 Comments »
The White Queen from Alice in Wonderland has a line that goes like this: “Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Which is exactly how I feel most days; and sometimes, not only do I believe 6 impossible things, 6 impossible things happen to me, too.
These are my most recent 6: I’m going [...]
Posted in Down syndrome, Mothering, Pinwheels, Road Map to Holland on May 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Stephanie of A is for Aiden says that she bought the last 2 copies of my book in her town–one to keep and one to share with her local DS organization. She related to many parts of my story: ”It took me 4 days to get through the book and many many of my own [...]
Posted in Down syndrome, Mothering, Road Map to Holland on May 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
While reading my book, Trisomymommy related to my feelings of powerlessness in the NICU and the chart full of minuses. She also writes about the book’s title: ”Frankly, I’m not a huge fan of the ‘Welcome to Holland’ thing. It’s nice and all, but it all seems too tidy to me. Or maybe it’s just that I received so [...]
Posted in Down syndrome, Mothering, Road Map to Holland on May 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Melody from Slurping Life felt much the same way that Niksmom did about reading Road Map to Holland: she was reminded of her own time in the NICU, and her own beginnings, with each of her 4 children. She writes, “The past week has been dotted with moments of my trying to decide what to [...]
Posted in Down syndrome, Mothering, Pinwheels, Road Map to Holland, Writing on May 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Niksmom of Maternal Instincts…Flying By the Seat of My Pants writes about knowing me through my husband Tom’s books, and through blogging, even before reading Road Map to Holland. But when she picked up her copy of the book, something unexpected happened: she was brought back to her own memories, her own beginnings as Nik’s mom. She says, [...]
Posted in Down syndrome, Mothering, Pinwheels, Writing on April 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s a Thursday! Today’s ParentDish post features the bowls I bought at the thrift store; it also speaks to some of the complexities of being a parent in today’s world.
Posted in Down syndrome, Mothering, Pinwheels, Road Map to Holland on April 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Kari from Chanelle and Tristan writes about being a single mom, and how, if her plans to stay at home until kindergarten begins are to work, she has to be careful with her money. So, books are a treat, but this week, she spurged. One of the books she bought was mine. She writes, “The [...]
Posted in Down syndrome, Mothering, Pinwheels, Road Map to Holland, Writing on April 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Christina of Kwisteena’s Kwaziness has been mom to Kallie for 9 years, but reading my book is reminding her of many of the feelings she had, in the beginning. She writes, “I remember how I felt when people first started finding out about it. I was embarrassed and wondered if people thought of me as [...]
Posted in Down syndrome, Mothering, Pinwheels, Road Map to Holland, Writing on April 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Amy of The Flege Farm is reading Road Map to Holland. She says it’s fascinating to her, because her feelings about her daughter’s diagnosis were much different. She also has a story to share. She writes, “Mayson was crawling around in bed with us while I opened the book for the first time. She kept looking [...]
