From the Daddy Desk: An Open Letter to New Fathers
Posted: April 2, 2013 Filed under: Down syndrome, From the Daddy Desk, funny stuff, marriage, the husband | Tags: Down syndrome, Facebook, humor, Parenting 27 CommentsCall me Latke.
This is an open letter to all you fathers who are new to Down syndrome. Just a list of five things I’ve learned so far:
(1) Your wife will join a Facebook group for mommies of kids with Ds. Upon joining, she will instantly become BFFs with 100 people you’ve never met. Be prepared. These people will never stop communicating with each other.
Ever. Read the rest of this entry »
Happy Easter, Happy Passover.
Posted: April 1, 2013 Filed under: advocacy, emotional stuff | Tags: Christian, Down syndrome, Easter, Jews, Passover, Passover Seder, Robert Saylor 3 CommentsThis weekend was a very kimchi/latke weekend. Friday, we had some Tater friends over to dye Easter eggs. This entailed the big girls (Mouse and friend) dyeing eggs while the little girls (Chipmunk and friend’s little sister) ran amok and looked cute. LP slept through the whole thing. On Saturday we headed over to see Latke’s local family for Passover Seder. Latke, if you haven’t already read, hails from a family of the Jewish persuasion. Sunday, was, of course, Easter. We didn’t go to church (haven’t done that in quite some time, maybe I’ll write about that someday), but, as we live in a predominantly Christian nation, it is darned difficult to miss Easter Sunday.
I know some might vehemently disagree with me, but I really saw much more similarity than difference between what Jews and Christians were all talking about this weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
Police Training, Robert Saylor, and Justice… Again.
Posted: March 29, 2013 Filed under: advocacy | Tags: disability, Down syndrome, NDSS, police brutality, Robert Saylor 39 CommentsWell, Latke wrote this hilarious thing (basically making fun of me), and I was all set to post it, but I can’t. I can’t because I can’t get over what is happening with Robert Saylor’s death. So I know I wrote about this already. I also know that maybe it makes people uncomfortable. I get it. It makes me uncomfortable as well, for very complicated reasons. But. I can’t let it go. Read the rest of this entry »
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