I like to imagine what it was like when our Hudson was born nearly five years ago and the search for his guardian angel began in earnest in the heavenly realms. (If you’re new, Hudson has Down syndrome.) Maybe God posted an announcement something like this: “We’ve got a new job opening. There’s a precious baby…
Kindness
“Life is mostly froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone. Kindness in another’s trouble, Courage in your own.” -Adam Lindsay Gordon It’s amazing how easily one can gauge kindness in another. Just observe their treatment of the restaurant server. Or the grocery bagger. How ’bout the toll collector? On the surface, kindness appears to be…
Joy Thief
It creeps in on silent feet when least expected. Surprises me, even when I think I’ve locked the door, deadbolted it. It’s sneaky like that. A joy stealer. Arrives like a thief in the night. A masquerader, a hypocrite. A tempter. Even a liar. Sometimes I throw cold water in its face, stop it in…
Artiste Hudson
Hudson arrived home with his first real piece of “artwork” in his school backpack last week. See the paint strokes, random colors? Paint, paper, creativity. That constitutes a real painting to me. And it brought great joy, soared my heart to see his beautiful work. Those who can’t talk, or talk much, even more so…
Grace for Hudson
Many of you know our youngest son Hudson was diagnosed with Down syndrome shortly after birth nearly five years ago. (Catch up here: Can’t Buy This .) At four, he struggles to communicate. He makes lots of conversational noises and syllables. We just can’t understand it. (Yet.) His vocabulary is limited to a few handfuls of words,…
Embrace the Gift
Did you ever receive a gift you didn’t want? I mean, you really didn’t want or ask for. Did you cry, pitch a fit? Stamp your foot? Scream at deafening decibel: “I don’t want this! I wanted something different”? Well I certainly hope not. That would be most impolite, quite rude. What the bratty little…
Biggest Little Fan
Today was an ordinary day, like a lot of other Sundays around our house in the last few weeks. We went to church. And it snowed. In that order. Now that the Superbowl is history, we have one disappointed little football fan on Sunday afternoons. Hudson, is one of the guys. (He’s our youngest, has…
Glimpse of Sunshine: Part 2
Thursday a week ago was such an amazing miracle-filled day all around. I had absolutely no idea when I woke up that morning what the day would hold. Guess we never know what a day holds. Glimpse of Sunshine: Part 2 by allie taylor Remember that Thursday? It was the day Hudson clearly said hello…
success or failure
What determines whether a life is a Success or Failure? It’s not what we do or accomplish that makes us successful or valuable. True success and value come for each of us as we faithfully live out who we were created to be. It’s not in the doing, but in the being. I first read the…
Can’t Buy This
Many moons ago, almost seventeen years now, a bouncing little baby arrived into the world, joined our family. We didn’t know pink or blue, but delighted to discover a baby boy in the delivery room. Can’t Buy This by allie taylor Fast forward several years. “We” are expecting again. (Nuthin’ “we” about it, folks.) My nervous…
