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read moreBy Stephanie Holland In the past year, I’ve gone through all of the five stages of grief. Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance At first, I couldn’t believe it had happened. Of course I thought it was a mistake. I spent most of…
read morePayday last Friday (snow day) ~ Supervisor out on Monday ~ Brought paycheck home on Tuesday ~ Informed me he would “need to go to the bank on the weekend.”This morning, first thing, Josh appeared in my office all dressed up, coat on. I said “where…
read moreIn 2011, Josh’s older brother, Tim (my oldest son) and his long-time girlfriend, Steph, wanted to adopt/rescue a third dog from a shelter in Arkansas. Not just any ol’ dog, but a deaf dog. The owner of the shelter denied their request stating…
read moreBy Stephanie Holland I’ve been thinking a lot about the word “legacy” today. It seems so incredible to me that we could be talking about Ethan – someone I knew – someone’s child, grandchild, nephew, brother – someone the same age…
read moreBy Stephanie Holland This is bound to be a difficult week for the Saylor family. I can’t imagine how painful it will be to go through Ethan’s birthday (January 9th) and the anniversary of his death (January 12th). Remembering Ethan and his…
read moreI use this drawing as my “profile picture” on most things that I do under the “Walkersvillemom” name. It symbolizes the sentiment “I Love Someone Who Has Down Syndrome.” There are LOTS of us out there who do! So what makes…
read moreWhere to begin? Josh was born in May of 1995, feels like five minutes ago in some respects and a lifetime ago in others. How does this happen? Where did the time go? How did we get here? A blink of an eye! Every good story has to provide…
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