As many of you have read, I've been posting my reflections on having a daughter with Down syndrome to my Facebook page this month. So many of you asked me to compile them in one place; please find them here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QSmigfHFtDB-j6mqDYPkY2nLjs8ci8B_Tb97qSspGDk/edit
I hope my writings do more than make you emotional--I hope they help you to be a better friend to people with Down syndrome and their families.
During our son's bone marrow transplant, we began referring to our family as "Team Winchell" to make meaningful to both of our sons the way our family would stick together, no matter the challenge. Team Winchell has grown to include their sister, who has Down syndrome. We continue, seven years post-transplant, to navigate this life of adoption, special needs, and medical crises, and to do it with our humor, spirituality, and sanity (mostly) intact.
Welcome to the Team Winchell blog!
"The problem with the world is that we draw the circle of our family too small." --Mother Teresa