For all the parents out there dealing with a decision... let me give you another perspective
In 2018 my wife and I went in for our 20? week ultra sound at Beth Israel in Boston... the rep was very quiet the whole time, something seemed off. My wife & I were first time parents... didn't have much context. The doctor pulled us into her office and told us our sons nuchal fold was abnormally large... she went on to say there is a significant increased chance of Down Syndrome and even Turner's syndrome... talked about options to terminate the pregnancy. My wife was inconsolable, rightly so ... even thinking about it now brings back a lot of heavy emotions because of how hard of a day it was... hard...
I did a lot of research on the topic ... my wife & I prayed non stop about it. All we could do. The doctors wanted to do an amniocentesis which has its own host of risks..run more tests...
We came to the conclusion, which was not easy... it didn't matter... no amnio, no more tests.... I felt in my soul the Lord's plan was perfect and if our son was going to have Down Syndrome we would love him and shepherd him through this world the best we could. We get what we get. Anything from the Lord was a BLESSING and I was not going to point my finger at Him
Fast forward to today... our son is going to be 8 in the fall. He is perfect. Just hit a homerun the other day... a much better baseball player than I was at his age. My best friend
I share this deeply personal story for nothing more than to give just ONE parent hope... the Lord's plan is perfect... stay the course
The various posters are right today. Raising children with Down syndrome *is* hard. It gets harder as they get older and I get older.
What the posters don’t understand is that we ought not snuff out people who are burdens to us. That’s the hard truth of being human I guess.
To anyone reading this who might be facing a similar crossroads, meet my son Josh.
Josh is 3 and has Down Syndrome, the very condition shared about here in this post. We received a prenatal diagnosis at roughly 10 weeks. Some of the complications we feared happened, but that wasn't the end of the story. Josh was born early and spent a month in the hospital. At 1 year old, he had open-heart surgery. Now he's 3, loves life, and is thriving. The hard days didn't win.
If anyone else finds themselves in a similar place, reach out. There's a whole community of people here to support you. It hasn't always been easy, but he's worth every bit of it and then some.
Orrrrrr people know they are still Sisters and Spurs fans. Most likely allowing more evangelism to take place in a world so desperate to know Christ. Be in the world just not of it.
A religious habit is a sign of death to the world and total consecration to Christ.
Throwing an NBA jersey over it for social media content doesn't strike me as making religious life look exciting.
It makes it look less sacred.
NBA players are undefeated in Game 7s played on their birthday 😳
Paul George (2026) ✅
Harrison Barnes (2016) ✅
Pablo Prigioni (2015) ✅
Udonis Haslem (2012) ✅
Kevin Garnett (2004) ✅
Scott Hastings (1990) ✅
Walt Hazzard (1966) ✅
Combined record: 7-0
Harrison Barnes turns 34 on Saturday...
@PoaFo It’s a true madden curse! Maybe we can get back to the other gift, win presidents cup, win the Stanley cup the next year. We had that going for a few years a there.
I would love to see them go, okay let’s run it back… except maybe a change somewhere. Like anyone else’s PP coach
@PoaFo Truly hope so, and hope they don’t do anything drastic in moving on from those guys. Hopefully Vegas gets rolled by Carolina at this point. Wild that the 13th best team in hockey made the Stanley cup.