Finnian's Journey: Strange but true

"Y'all - don't miss it. Don't get so caught up in what your sweet baby is doing or not doing. Don't obsess about this step or the next step or the one after that or what is going to happen twenty years down the line. Because one day you'll look at baby pictures and think about how adorable that baby was and how all you can remember is therapy and you can't even remember what her hair smelled like.

So, ENJOY your baby. It doesn't matter when they walk or crawl or talk. It matters that they are here and that you love them and that they know it.

Just don't miss it."

Wendy, Zip Perdue Dee Dah

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Strange but true

This afternoon as I was driving home with the kids after picking Kevin up from school, Kevin was telling me about his presentation in class today on that article from the other day. To refresh, the article concerned a family of a boy with Down syndrome. So Kevin is telling me about his presentation on the article in class today, and how he shared with his classmates that his own brother has Down syndrome. As he's telling me this, we come to a red light. I stop. And into the crosswalk in front of our truck steps . . . a girl with Down syndrome.

Now, I don't believe in the supernatural or anything like that, but wow, interesting coincidence.

2 comments:

Unknown said...: smile......I believe in signs.

I love the fact that Kevin presented this article and is sharing about his brother.; November 14, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Tricia said...: OK. So maybe this is terrible, but Alex and I have a little running joke (we started it when we got up to like, 14 people with DS when we were in Ireland last year)...we look at each other and say "they're everywhere."

Because they are. Just like you and me.

That said, it's pretty cool that she walked by when you were talking about it.; November 19, 2008 at 12:32 PM