disability Archives - Karen Lawrence Author and Blogger

Look at the faces of the little angel to the left of centre and the shepherd above. They have Down Syndrome.

Letting The Light In: Chapter Fifteen: You Only Have To Love This Child

Post author:Karen Lawrence
Post published:August 3, 2021
Post category:Down Syndrome Letting The Light In
Post comments:0 Comments

Christmas was approaching fast. Martha would soon be one year old. Outwardly we were doing ok. Martha was robust and thriving now. We were enjoying a busy round of weekly…

Martha with her siblings at Center Parcs, August 2007

Letting the Light In: Chapter Eleven: A Summer of Waiting

Post author:Karen Lawrence
Post published:July 28, 2021
Post category:Down Syndrome Letting The Light In
Post comments:0 Comments

It was a strange summer of waiting. We took Martha to the Royal Brompton Hospital in London where she was reviewed in their outpatient clinic. We were told we would…

Letting the Light In: Chapter One: Another Baby

Post author:Karen Lawrence
Post published:July 14, 2021
Post category:Uncategorized
Post comments:2 Comments

I had other plans for that day. The baby wasn’t due for another two weeks. It was a Saturday morning, and I was going to take Jerome and Verity, aged…

Sign Up to the Newsletter