When I started blogging I didn’t know what the response would be to my writing. I certainly hoped people would find value it what I said but that had nothing to do with why I began to write. I have a mission to carry out but it is also a way for me to process things. However, when I received t

I let my mind drift as I thought about the possibility of having one wish, the opportunity to change one thing in this world. What would you choose? Like most things, my answer to this question would have been different a few years ago, before I became the father to a son with a cognitive disability

If you have not read my last few posts you may not understand what this post is about. This blog has been nominated for a Liebster Blog Award and as part of the award process I must answer eleven questions that were given to me. I have chosen to ignore the numbered order of the questions a

When I was in school I developed a preference for essay type questions over the more cut-n-dry multiple choice or true and false questions. Part of the reason was because I was not always sure of the answer so I figured if I wrote long enough the answer was bound to show up even if I didn’t kn

The death of Ethan Saylor is a tragedy that has shaken an entire community. Not a community in the sense of a town or location, but those of us that have been drafted into the Down syndrome community. One of the more troubling aspects of this tragedy is that the only place I hear about it is within

This blog has been around for just over a year now (A blog about Down syndrome from a father’s perspective, 1 year later) and with that so did my experience as a blogger. I have learned a lot over this past year and also made a few connections to others that are in a similar place. The process alone

On the first day of spring in 2009 the Arnold family welcomed a new member into our house. Shortly after that we learned that our newest member of the family was given something a little extra and as a result was diagnosed with Down syndrome. Well just a few days ago we celebrated Treyton’s fo