31 for 21: Against All Odds

It is documented that approximately 75% of babies with down syndrome die in utero, another 80 - 90% are aborted, and another 60% are born with heart defects.
I could go on and on with stats and percentages but you've all heard them.


This post is for any one on the fence right now. You see I don't know if anyone reading this is pregnant. I have no way of telling who you are when you come to my blog. This post may very well fall on deaf ears, so to speak, or it my save a life. 


Our Sweets beat the odds, incredible odds just to see the light of day. They are strong, tough and determined. They are courageous and beautiful. They bring joy and happiness to every life they come in contact with. And the world and your life will be a better place with them in it. 


If you were recently handed a diagnosis of Down syndrome, take a deep breath and regroup. I swear it's nothing like you think it is . It's a gazillion times better.


If anyone told me about two years ago I would ever be writing these words I would have told them , that they would have a better chance of growing wings. I was one of those people who said, " special needs children are wonderful, but for someone else, someone who can handle it".  I was even so bold as to say, " God knows I couldn't handle that, He would never give us a child with Special needs", guess He heard that one, LOL!!!


If you are in this situation what I'm trying to say is, we all were. And isn't it odd that we are all so HAPPY now??? Isn't that worth a little research? I challenge you to find a family completely miserable because they have a child with Ds. I tried when I was pregnant. I spent hours surfing the Internet looking for one heart broken family who would tell me how awful Ds was, how it had ruined their lives. I couldn't find them. All I found were happy families and their beautiful and happy children. I couldn't believe it at first. It was hard for me to accept. But it's true.
I had to see it to believe it. The second I saw Miss Em, I knew it. I knew all those families that I found, were telling the truth. 

Our children enter this world against all odds. They want to live! They deserve to live and be loved, and celebrated just like any other child. They are a gift from God, handed to you, ever so gently.

For you created my inmost being;   you knit me together in my mother's womb. I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
       psalm, 139