On December 12, 2015 my husband and I got a phone call from one of his brothers. It was bad news. Their 87 year old mother was in hospital in grave condition. The thoracic aortic aneurysm, which she had had for many years, had grown to the size of a cantaloupe and was now leaking. The biggest concern…
I saw this video, posted below, of a father describing what it was like to have a child with Down syndrome. He said, "Down syndrome is literally one of the most beautiful things that's ever happened in my life". The father went on to describe it as being: "fun, brillant, loving, kind, amazing, cuddly...people…
I went into labour with our second child in February 1994. We gave birth to a boy. My husband and I already had a girl. So we were very happy to be rounding out our family with his birth.My husband actually jumped for joy. After all, isn’t it most fathers’ desire to want a boy? We were on top of…