“SOCIAL” ~ What does that word mean to me? I guess the first thing that pops into my head when I think of the word social is “relationships.” Josh has had so many over the course of 18 years, it’s really difficult to decide…
read moreWe’ve all been on a different section of the road and have different stories to tell. This page will be a place for contributors and guest bloggers. Stay tuned for more! If you’d like to submit a post please email…
read moreBy Mardra and Grown Ups & Downs Would he like a sucker? Today Marcus and I took the pile of annual reports paperwork to the probate office at the courthouse. Ooooh, sounds scary doesn’t it? Well, it is a bit intimidating, but everyone…
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 more*Originally published 01/05/14 Not long ago I decided, What the Hell, I’ll do it! I’ll join the…what century is this? and start a blog. Partially because I didn’t see many other folks talking about what we have to talk about: life with an adult child…
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…
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