What was just another day, turned out to be so much more (PART 1)
It is a strange thing, to sit here and type out what my heart has always known: I would someday have a child with Down Syndrome. It is not something you hear people say a lot. These days, the news is full of reports and real life stories of parents who have chosen to abort their children because they were diagnosed with Down Syndrome. Countries around the world are continually changing laws to give adults the ability to abort later and later in pregnancy in order to prevent the birth of a child with Down Syndrome. Me....my arms have yearned to hold a child....LOVE a child with Down Syndrome. At some points, we just were not ready. At other points, it was not the right time. Other times, we let fear and the words of others cloud our judgement. I am not proud of that. What I have always known was that someday, I would be the parent of a child with Down Syndrome. A year ago, we started praying about it and researching. Is there a need for Domestic Adoption? Where is there a