D s or D S

There's

D s = Down syndrome 

or

there's ......

D S = Delightfully Special 

We prefer the latter.  

The reasons are obvious, 

wouldn't you say!?!

The World Calls It

Down syndrome.  It is named after John Langdon Down, the British physician who described the syndrome in 1866.  Down syndrome occurs when an individual has three, rather than two, copies of the 21st chromosome.  This additional genetic material alters the course of development and causes the characteristics associated with Down syndrome.

So, so much more has been written about Down syndrome.   But really for me all I need to know is that I love these two faces!  How. Could. You. Not!

Weekend

Gratefully every six months we spend the weekend listening and watching this.  It is always the boost I need to get me through until the next conference in April.  It always amazes me that each time I listen I find that there is something said that seems to be directed right at me.  It is fortifying, it is uplifting, it is something I can't live without!

This Month of October

So this month of October is the month we
Raise Awareness

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31 for 21

Well the month of learning has flown by.  And what I've learned from that is time waits for no one and that there is still a lot to learn.  And now we are on to October, can you believe it!?!  What I really can't believe is that it was in 2008 I took the challenge to participate in 31 for 21.  2008!  In looking back, this is what I wrote on day two of that challenge!  It stands true today so I share again!

"Well the challenge is on and today is only day two. I have put in a 12+ hour work day and could easily call it a day but I love a challenge and so for day two of this 31 day challenge I would like to share this thought.

“There comes a time when you must make yourself that person you want to become; work, progress, and rejoice in the change.” 

I received this “thought” in a Relief Society meeting over 25 years ago; it is still posted on the wall in my office after all these years. And after all these years I’m still working and progressing and yes, I do rejoice in the changes and wonderful blessings I have been given as I have tried to become the person I want to be!"

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