Monday blogging question: “What keeps you up at night?”
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Monday blogging question: “What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?”
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For my Monday blogging group we are writing about the word #connect which was the theme for World Down Syndrome Day on Sunday.
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“If you could take Coraline’s special educational needs away, would you?”
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I’ve joined a group of mums to answer a question each Monday. This week’s question is: “Why are you thankful for your child with Down syndrome?”
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In a café, in the supermarket or on the bus, people sometimes come up and simply say this to us.
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Here are ten tips for joy, inspired by how joy is a value of our life with Coraline. The twist is you write them!
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Parenting a child with Down's syndrome: "Did having a child with Down Syndrome make you change any ideas you had about motherhood/parenting?"
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Coraline has taught me acceptance. Kevin has taught me that acceptance also includes your emotions.
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To know these values better I am going to write about what sits opposite them; comparison.
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It's all about perspective. I had two situations recently which have really symbolised our choice in this.
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It’s key to stay energised and positive - that’s the first time as a dad you can help to carry that parenting responsibility.
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As it is World Down Syndrome Day next Thursday 21st March, the Down’s Syndrome Association asked me to write a piece for them about people and their response to finding out a baby has Down's Syndrome: us, our family, and our friends.
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Our article in Sutton & Epsom NCT magazine, Winter 2018 Edition, about our parenting experiences: “Love, acceptance and gratitude. Those are the three key things I think. I have adored these past months as a family with Coraline. My advice to other parents would be those three words: love, acceptance, gratitude.”
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“I am not you, and you are not me, and nor should we wish to be. But we can take things from each other.”
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We believe we were meant to sit at their table at that wedding, so that we could sit at this table together in Canberra this year. And at many tables to come.
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In these first days of the new year I am reflecting on what my (almost 17 month old) daughter has taught me. I call the post “let go”.
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“You need no knocking as all doors are open and all ways are clear for you.”
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“Don’t worry, I’m a pretty good judge of character”
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Happy Birthday to our girl Coraline. One year old! This is you in your first week in hospital. I thought you were so beautiful then, as I do today.
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