Friday, September 28, 2012 6:45 PM Jamaica Time I am sitting at a table in a makeshift dining room/men’s dorm in what in what usually serves as the chapel for Holy Innocents Maternity Home, run by the Missionaries of the Poor (MOP) in Kingston, Jamaica. I won’t be able to post this blog until my return…
Happy Birthday!
Jessica (in Yankees shirt) with mom Janis Today is granddaughter #1 Jessica’s birthday. For a short few months she gets to be the same age as Aunt Kelly: 27. Caitlin, #2, came along a few months past Jess, and Noah, #3 a few years after Caitie. Though I have no regrets about becoming Kelly’s mom…
A man with a purpose
Travis loves caring for Pete While obsessively reading everything I could get my hands on regarding Down syndrome when Kelly was still a toddler, I came across an intriguing (and heartbreaking) paper from a professional journal entitled: The Curious Case of an Overfunctioning Mongoloid. At that point the article was about 30 years old, but the…
It always grows back
A few weeks ago I popped into a hair-cutting establishment for a trim. I go to the same place each time but take luck of the draw as to who wields the scissors, which is a remarkable statement of faith, now that I think about it. But what the heck, I figure. It always grows back.…