when east meets south
I don’t blog much about everyday stuff since Instagram came into my life. Honestly, it’s just so much easier to leave the big camera in the kitchen closet and pull out my iPhone to capture the day to day happenings. But sometimes an ordinary moment deserves a little extra attention. On an ordinary day after an ordinary bath, perched atop… Read More
Yesterday was 3/21. Also known as World Down Syndrome Day. And I just can’t miss an opportunity to celebrate this girl… and all the ways she’s changing our world. It’s only been a few years that I’ve loved someone with Down syndrome, and felt the weight of this battle. To raise awareness. Dispel myths. Shine a light into the darkness… Read More
Today marks three years since we landed on US soil with our oh-so-fragile girl. Three years since God began changing my heart – teaching me, daily, how very perfect His plan was in knitting a child with Down syndrome into our family. I was so very afraid of all the ways I might fail her as a mother, of how… Read More
Monday was World Down Syndrome Day. A day that, just a few years ago, we had no idea even existed. But now? Well, this family has a whole lot to celebrate. I’ve tried to chronicle our journey pretty transparently here. So if you’ve followed our story for long, you know that before Clementine came home this mama was crazy scared… Read More
If y’all didn’t know it yet, October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month (you can find an awesome post about it on No Hands But Ours). And as a mama to a precious bug with and extra chromosome, I not only feel it my duty to share all the sweetness that is Clementine (although I kinda do that on the regular… Read More
It’s been a while since I’ve pulled out my big girl camera for anything other than the slew of birthdays we celebrate over the summer. But this is a special occasion. I wanted to capture our girl, where she is right here and right now, before heading into this great unknown. Also known as the tracheal slide surgery, but the… Read More
A few months ago, I posted about a little girl named Rosie. I had seen her on the Down syndrome adoption FB group, and was simply taken with her. She was precious in every way and I was surprised that a family hadn’t already come forward for her. She continued to wait and I began to wonder if maybe her family was out there,… Read More
I first read about this precious girl on the Down Syndrome Adoption FB group and was immediately smitten. And when you see her picture, I’m sure you’ll agree. Those chubby legs. That black hair. Those pink cheeks. Oh my. Now that we are home with our Clementine I have a huge soft spot for these very special kiddos. Before we met Clementine, I was so… Read More
This child. She babbles constantly. But speaks rarely. So rarely, we’ve been putting off pronouncing her official *first word*. Sometimes she says Dada. Sometimes she says Mama. But nothing you could say for sure. (Chris and I might both be a smidge biased.) But now. Now she has a new love. And the love is strong. So strong that when… Read More
105 days ago we stood in a police station in Changsha, waiting not-so-patiently for the first real-life glimpse of our daughter. And as I have shared, that first meeting was far from storybook. Amazing what 105 days can do. And so, in an effort to record how far she has come and all she has accomplished, buckle up for a… Read More