one day at a time: new baby with down syndrome--what do i say?

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

new baby with down syndrome--what do i say?

dearest friends,

and please read this post too.
(i don't know how i missed it the first time!)

again, VERY important stuff.
and again, ben and i thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

love and kisses,
amy

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Thank you so much for these posts. I think it is so easy to get toungtied and say the wrong thing, especially when you just really want to say the RIGHT thing.; November 5, 2010 at 10:01 AM
Kimberlee Jost said...: I haven't read all of these yet, but I will! Thanks!; November 7, 2010 at 5:24 PM

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