Those Wedding Bells

A friend reminded me recently that I’d promised to blog about the workshop Jerry and I went to at the National Down Syndrome Congress meetings in Orlando. That was the “marriage” workshop run by two sets of parents–the bride’s and the groom’s to be specific–with a great amount of expertise and experience.  Their children were married…

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The travellers have returned. Kelly and Sterling headed off with Casey to fly to Kansas last Thursday, a trip they’ve made many times before but always on a direct flight. Now there are no direct flights between KC and Austin, and even though the plane change was just at Love Field, we were nervous about their negotiating…

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“Sis Was Slow”

Wednesday was our last day to play in Florida. I stayed home to blog, and Kelly joined the sisters on their last beach run.  We’d planned to go see Toy Story 3 in the afternoon, but everyone was so tired that after a late lunch Carolyn suggested we instead watch Mamma Mia, the sing-a-long version. Inspired…

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“Go now!”

Session 1 of Camp is over and I went to closing Saturday morning. I didn’t know as many of the camper families in this session—which was for teens and young adults—as I usually do. Most of the campers Miss Gay and I worked with the first 12 years of camp are now attending the adult camps.…

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