Down Syndrome Awareness month!

I have a confession to make. No, I haven’t killed anyone, or robbed a bank… My confession is that two years ago if you had told me that October is Down Syndrome Awareness month, I might have said something like, “Oh, that’s interesting” or “Ok”. Did it really matter? Eh, not so much.


Does it matter now? Hmm, yeah, a little. Why? Because I’ve experienced Down syndrome in a different way over the course of the last year and a half. I learned new words… dossier…home study…trisomy 21… Timothy… I’ve mentioned my friend Bethany before on the blog. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that God put Bethany into our lives to prepare us for Timothy. For our own “awareness”.


I’d like to give some statistics about Down syndrome, and since I have accepted the “31 for 21” challenge, I have plenty of time to do that. Hehe


I have been so reflective for the last few weeks. Thinking about what was happening this time last year. We flew across the world on October 11, 2010. How appropriate that we met our little guy for the very first time in October. It was in October that Down syndrome became personal to our family. To some that might sound like a scary, sad, or devastating thing. For us, it was a wonderful, special, gift from God.


Because of Down syndrome, our lives have been touched, and changed, and will never be the same. Thank you God!