http://blog.onefreegarden.com/2010/01/idol-values/ Mathom Musings Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:28:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 http://blog.onefreegarden.com/2010/01/idol-values/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Sarah L Mon, 17 May 2010 15:59:26 +0000 http://blog.onefreegarden.com/?p=186#comment-138 Beautiful article. True and heartwarming. It's for this reason that, if God ever blesses us with a Down Syndrome child, I know he will be a force for good in our family. Our Aspie son can be a challenge, but he constantly amazes me. I wouldn't change him--not even to avoid the Aspie-level meltdowns and the control-freakiness. He's a gift. So are his little sisters, who have been learning as they grow how to adjust to his Aspie quirks and to appreciate the good stuff (and there's a lot of that). Our middle child, Claire, is particularly sensitive to what bugs him, and, while I know she gets frustrated with him, she's our little peacemaker, and she helps her older brother and her younger sister get along better. Livi is our fearless little clown, and sometimes she and Michael clash, but, in the next moment, they'll be giving each other a hug and saying, "I love you," and that alone is well-worth the meltdowns (which become a distant memory). Michael received his First Communion a few weeks ago, and yesterday, an aunt of his gave him a small statue of the Blessed Mother. He gave her a kiss and softly said, "I love you, Mary," which almost choked up his aunt. She told me about it, and even now, I melt when I think about it. Anyway, thanks for the article! Beautiful article. True and heartwarming. It’s for this reason that, if God ever blesses us with a Down Syndrome child, I know he will be a force for good in our family. Our Aspie son can be a challenge, but he constantly amazes me. I wouldn’t change him–not even to avoid the Aspie-level meltdowns and the control-freakiness. He’s a gift. So are his little sisters, who have been learning as they grow how to adjust to his Aspie quirks and to appreciate the good stuff (and there’s a lot of that). Our middle child, Claire, is particularly sensitive to what bugs him, and, while I know she gets frustrated with him, she’s our little peacemaker, and she helps her older brother and her younger sister get along better. Livi is our fearless little clown, and sometimes she and Michael clash, but, in the next moment, they’ll be giving each other a hug and saying, “I love you,” and that alone is well-worth the meltdowns (which become a distant memory).
Michael received his First Communion a few weeks ago, and yesterday, an aunt of his gave him a small statue of the Blessed Mother. He gave her a kiss and softly said, “I love you, Mary,” which almost choked up his aunt. She told me about it, and even now, I melt when I think about it.
Anyway, thanks for the article!

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]]> http://blog.onefreegarden.com/2010/01/idol-values/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Dawn Farias Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:01:47 +0000 http://blog.onefreegarden.com/?p=186#comment-126 Oh, excellent. I shall be Tweeting, Facebooking, and posting about this. Thank you! Oh, excellent. I shall be Tweeting, Facebooking, and posting about this. Thank you!

]]> http://blog.onefreegarden.com/2010/01/idol-values/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Victoria Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:30:46 +0000 http://blog.onefreegarden.com/?p=186#comment-125 WONDERFUL post! Full of insight and compassion. I hope you'll be able to post more frequently in the future, but this post was well worth the wait! WONDERFUL post! Full of insight and compassion. I hope you’ll be able to post more frequently in the future, but this post was well worth the wait!

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