I have a niece with DS. She is a wonderful girl (now an adult) and a great blessing. How sad that people assume their children should be perfect and free from all *defects*. Everyone can be a blessing if you look at them that way.
susie
That's a beautiful post. I know people with marvelous children, but they fuss that they don't get straight A's or wish they were taller, thinner, didn't lisp, had an ear for music - it's all foolishness.
My sister in law had a perfect child (before she became widowed and subsequently married my brother), but five years along he was hit by a car and was a quadraplegic with major mental problems. He lived to be 16 and when he passed she said she wouldn't have missed a day of his life.
You never know what life will bring you, only that G-d will give you the strength to see it through.