Author: Jillian Benfield

down syndrome blog Dear Jill, Yeah, it’s awkward and a little weird that you decided to write a letter to yourself, but after all that

down syndrome parents “Use your superpower.”- Tim Harris Every inch of me was exhausted Saturday night. I spent the entire day meeting new people, attending

Down syndrome parents, Down syndrome baby, open heart surgery, father’s day story “Wow, Dads aren’t normally like this,” the nurse was talking about how hands-on

Hokey. That’s what I thought when people asked for prayers. Why would God care if one person versus one hundred people prayed for the same

congenital heart defect in newborns It was 4 a.m. and after one last date night before Anderson’s open-heart surgery, I was sound asleep from the

This Down syndrome blog post is about when a stranger noticed my baby with down syndrome.  It took exactly 5 months and 2 days for

Down syndrome, baby, heart defect, VSD, open heart surgery. This is a follow-up piece to “The Heart of the Matter”. “Chance”, it’s the single word that’s

This Down syndrome blog post is about my mother who helped me through the grieving process-my mom hero.  If you were to ask the 10-year-old

Down syndrome, heart defect, VSD, open heart surgery, infant, baby I could have titled this post, “The Waiting,” but it’s getting a little redundant. I’ve

This Down syndrome blog post is a letter to my daughter telling her that I’m not sorry that her brother has Down syndrome because I