Celebrating Every Day

Today is World Down Syndrome Day.  The Down syndrome community is celebrating globally with a great deal of excitement in the air.  Videos abound and there is much chatter over the internet about all that is positive about raising a child with Down syndrome or loving an individual with Down syndrome.

BUT it isn’t just about this one day.  I live with and love someone with Down syndrome.  I work every day to teach her, mold her and love her.  

Because I love her, the work is easy.  We work together, play together and joy springs forth.

The world doesn’t see the love we share or the joy we know.

Most just see is the common features individuals with Down syndrome share and judge that life to be without value.

Every day, around the globe, unborn babies with Down syndrome are terminated.

Words like burden, hardship, worthless, suffering, retarded are used to advise expectant parents with a  prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome - tragic and inexcusable.

As we celebrate World Down Syndrome Day, we celebrate truth.

Living and loving someone with Down syndrome is knowing joy and unconditional love.


 It is about finding whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things (Phil 4:8) 

Think about such things and know…

...this is our life and that is worth celebrating every day.