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Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 3:30 PM
October is Down Awareness Month and I wanted to post about it mostly to give you the opportunity to see one of the sweetest videos I’ve come across in a while.
I met Amy when my family was out in Utah this summer and started reading her blog after that. Her son Frankie has Down syndrome and when I saw this video I knew you would love it. I think it represents clearly all the love and joy and beauty that a child with Down’s brings to a family. I’m not sure how this group could be any happier.
If you have a child with Down’s—or a sibling or loved one—please share here whatever you’d like to say. It seems to me that while it’s certainly a challenge, having someone in your life with Downs Syndrome is an even bigger honor and joy.
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What an awesome video! Our 6 children & I were all crowded around the computer oohing & aahing right along with the family of little Frankie…what a precious little boy & how blessed he is by such love from his family!
I think I’ve shared this story before that my father once told me. When he was growing up (before the days of children with special needs being institutionalized or “eliminated” by prenatal testing)...he was taught that when you were in the presence of such a child (or adult), you would make the Sign of the Cross because it was presumed that this individual was without (personal) sin, blessed in a special way, & nearer to God that the rest of us. I think that is beautiful.
Oh so beautiful! My son doesn’t have DS, but another chromosome disorder. One day my dad said, “How’s our little saint doing?”. It dawned on me that is exactly what he is. He’ll NEVER sin (he’s very handicapped) and is pure. I AM the mother of a saint!
Patricia, that is true, my daughter Christina who has Down syndrome made her First Holy Communion last year without the need for confession, she will always be without sin. What a blessing she is to our family, she is pure love, wonder, joy and compassion.
I wrote this article for Down syndrome Awareness Month over at the National Catholic Register http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/the-fight-to-eliminate-down-syndrome-eugenics-at-work/ and am releasing my book; A Special Mother is Born (but it at my blog by the same name) which has 34 stories by Catholic parents of special needs children who share how God has blessed them through their children. Contributors include former Senator Rick Santorum, children’s author Melissa Wiley, Barb Curtis and syndicated columnist Lisa “Jelly Mom” Barker. Come over to A Special Mother is Born blog to see why Theresa Thomas, Patti McGuire Armstrong, Pat Gohn, and Lisa Hendey recommend it.
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