Author: Jillian Benfield

Dear Violet, Today is your second birthday. So much has changed since your first. The first year of your life was my favorite year of

The Mighty asked their Down syndrome contributors to tell people what’s the one thing they should know about DS. The video is in honor of World Down

A year ago, my husband and I went to the most beautiful wedding that we will probably ever attend.  If there were a show called

It was 4 days after I was discharged from the hospital. We were gone, but our son, Anderson, was still there. We went to visit

When I was pregnant with my daughter one of the things I was the most excited about was putting together a nursery. I thought about

  I’ve hesitated on writing this post. I don’t want it to come across wrong. I want you to know that I don’t think I’m

It was December 30th and I was in a wretched mood. Well, my 20-month-old daughter Violet was the one having a really bad day, which

Disclaimer: I’m not a working journalist any more and I did not have any kind of recording device during this discussion.  The quotes are what

“ I have bad news,” those are the words I heard four and a half hours into a car ride from Georgia to Florida. That’s

This time last year I said to my husband, “I know no one’s life is perfect, but mine is pretty close,” and I meant it.