What to say if…
Posted: March 12, 2013 Filed under: Down syndrome, funny stuff | Tags: Down syndrome, humor, opinion 18 CommentsThe world has been on my mind lately. By the world, I mean the world of people out there who are waiting to pounce on me and my family to make us feel bad about LP’s Down syndrome. No? No one is waiting to pounce on us at all? The world doesn’t revolve around me, you say? I beg to differ.
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Gotta do the laundry.
Posted: March 10, 2013 Filed under: Down syndrome, medical stuff | Tags: Down syndrome, medical intervention, Sleep apnea 4 CommentsSometimes it is more fun for me to pontificate on the nature of life and fate, but other times I realize that a lot of people who read this blog are wanting to know what is going on medically for us. Like doing the laundry. Maybe not the most glorious post, but important. Truth be told, the ENT appointment was not as apocalyptic as I had foreseen in my imagination, and the relief of that coupled with the end of the week just made me not want to do much of anything. Read the rest of this entry »
In Your Face
Posted: March 6, 2013 Filed under: Down syndrome, marriage, the husband | Tags: disability, Down syndrome, fatherhood, religion 5 CommentsCall me Latke. As my name suggests, I was raised Jewish. Actually, my family called itself “culturally” Jewish, which meant we celebrated major Jewish holidays, ate Jewish food, and peppered our speech with Yiddish (oy!), but we prayed to no God. To be honest, this approach to religion never really appealed to me…sorry Mom and Dad. Read the rest of this entry »
Kimchi Latkes 