Perfectly Human: Gifts from a Declining Mind by David Hilfiker

photo by Nikki Kahn

How an Alzheimer’s diagnosis has brought great and unexpected joy.

Blessed Imperfection: A Girl Learns to Jump and Her Mother, To Take Her First Steps by Kristina Robb Dover

Sam, at age one, with her mother

“Catholic theologian Hans Urs Von Balthasar has said “perfection consists in fullness of [life’s] journey;” and for this reason, none of us must ever think we have “arrived.” Each day with Sam reminds me I have a long way to go in becoming who God wants me to be.” A guest post from Kristina Robb Dover

When Your Twin Has Down Syndrome and You Don’t (Perfectly Human by Vicki Vila)

twins

“…what does it really mean when your missing puzzle piece, your twin, has Down syndrome, and you don’t? This will either be a most irrelevant question in my young daughter’s life or a most important one, and I may never know which.”

Christmas and the Broken Ballerina

This is a guest post by Nancy Jo Sullivan, author of Small Mercies. I will be celebrating Christmas with my family for the rest of this week, so please check back in next Monday for more. During my first pregnancy, I dreamed of having a little girl. In my imagination, she wore a pink tutu [...]

Perfectly Human: My Pirfect Life by Nancy Jo Sullivan

Sarah with her mother,  Nancy Jo Sullivan,  August 2003

One mother reflects on the pirfectly imperfect life of her daughter, Sara, who had Down syndrome. (Plus a book giveaway)