Gaby Ficchi-Bremekamp has embodied the element of surprise since the day she was born. On June 27, 1988, Gaby and her twin sister surprised their
I made a decision this week that I thought was surprisingly easy. I enrolled my just-turned-two-year-old son with Down syndrome in preschool. After having a
Dear Anderson, The first year of your life was a whirlwind. It was the year of new: a new baby, a new diagnosis,
We are halfway through the month of December and we have really gone all out this year. The halls have been decked since the day
There are all sorts of phases in life. There’s the finding yourself years, which take up most of high school and college. Then comes
Dear Doctor, Two years after you delivered the news that our son would be born with Down syndrome, I still struggle when reliving that surreal
I distinctly remember our first church visit in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Having been relatively untouched by life, we were weary and beat down by this
It’s hard for me to connect to the baby at the very beginning of pregnancy. It’s easier to focus on the symptoms taking over my
A friend reminded me recently that the broken hearted are not immune to getting their hearts broken again. Exactly two years after our son Anderson’s
It’s a journalist’s job to present the facts, to get both sides of the story and deliver their piece without bias. I haven’t worked as
