Posts in Down syndrome Awareness

In My Arms, the privilege of holding my daughter with Down syndrome

Gillian Marchenko -
Mar 19
In My Arms “Mom!” Polly yells out in her sleep. Her body thrashes […]
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She stands tall, not trying to fix the child I adopted

Gillian Marchenko -
Mar 13
When we adopted Evangeline from Ukraine in 2009, she hunched. She cowered. She […]
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10 things TO SAY when a baby is born with Down syndrome

Gillian Marchenko -
Oct 31
10 things to say when a baby is born with Down syndrome Here […]
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An unusual story of a Down syndrome diagnosis

Gillian Marchenko -
Oct 30
An unusual story of a Down syndrome diagnosis (This is another excerpt from […]
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