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Discussion Questions for The Year My Son and I Were Born

Tomorrow, Friday, August 26th, we will be discussing The Year My Son and I Were Born, written by our very own Kathryn Lynard Soper. This memoir takes us through the first year of Kathy’s life with her son, Thomas, who is born with Down syndrome. Although the book takes as one of its subjects the [...]

Sticks and stones

As summer unofficially ends and the school season begins, here’s some food for thought: an (unedited) essay written by my daughter Christine, age 9. Normally, I wouldn’t care about the word “Retarded”. But when Thomas came along, that all changed. Thomas was born ten weeks early. Because of that he started out with health problems [...]

Kathryn Lynard Soper’s Fantastic New Memoir

You all know Kathy Soper, right? Kathy Soper, founder of Segullah? Kathy Soper, writer and editor extraordinarie (see here and here for proof)? Kathy Soper, blogger to beat all bloggers? Kathy Soper, mother of seven? Kathy Soper, really great friend?

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