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Things I Didn’t Know People with Down Syndrome Could Do
If you are like me and probably most typically developing people you’ve heard of down syndrome (DS) but you don’t really know much about it. You might know that people with down syndrome tend to have similar physical features. You might know that they learn things at a slower pace. Or you might know that…
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Rock Your Socks on World Down Syndrome Day!
World Down Syndrome Day is on March 21st. I want to give you a little peek into how we celebrate the day. Our wardrobe represents down syndrome First, our whole family wears as much blue and yellow as our wardrobes allowed. We also wear crazy mismatched socks. I’ll explain why we do these two things…
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When God Winks at You
Have you ever had a friend or co-worker or someone just know in a moment what you needed or what you needed to hear and then they give you that wink like, I’ve got you? God does that too. When God winks at you it’s just the best. Here is a recent time in my…
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Heart Warrior’s Hospital Bags
This post may contain affiliate links. We may make a small commission on items purchased through links in this post at no extra cost to you! February was heart month and our Heart Warrior has a follow-up appointment with her cardiologist this week. It got me thinking about her surgery and that whole day and…
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It’s Heart Month!
Our daughter is a Heart Warrior. We are Heart Warrior parents. Those are statements I never thought would be said by me. February isn’t Heart Month just because it has the holiday of Valentine’s Day in it but because it is the month we celebrate and bring awareness to real hearts…the hearts that are pumping…
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Reflecting on Our Daughter’s 1 Year Heartiversary
A year ago this week we were sitting in the CICU (cardiac intensive care unit) of our local children’s hospital. The morning of January 17th, 2022 we placed our daughter into the hands of a surgeon to have open heart surgery. As time goes on it gets a little easier reflecting on our daughter’s 1…
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Unveiling Our Story and Who We Are
This is the beginning of unveiling our story and who we are. We are Jordan and Sara. Our family lives in the wonderful mid-west of the US. We love Jesus and enjoy sports, watching movies, playing outside and just hanging out together. Jordan and I both were homeschooled for a few years in our later…
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Welcome to Our Corner of the World!
Welcome to Down Our Homeschool Drive! You’ll get a little bit of everything…or everything of a little bit from our small corner of the world! I would like to say, “Welcome to our corner of the world!” We are a homeschooling family of 6 with 3 boys and 1 girl. We started homeschooling when our…