@kirstinczernek: I was 20 weeks pregnant when I got Aria’s Down syndrome diagnosis and I was…. devastated. I casually did the testing, I never once thought about it again, it never crossed my mind that we would be the 1 in 700. I grieved the child I thought I was having but little did I know God was making it abundantly clear it was her all along and this was apart of His plan. He knew me better than I knew myself in that moment and He knew I needed her. He knew she would unlock something in my heart and soul that could only happen through having a child like her. He knew she would break chains of control, perfectionism, and predictability from me and take me on the most wild and amazing adventure, unveiling a life and freedom I didn’t know existed. He knew that she would heal parts of me I didn’t even know needed healing. He knew. He also knew how she would change our world. Open and shift hearts. Break stereotypes. Help grieving and broken mama’s in their hardest moments. He knew she would. These have been my experiences over the last five years. It hasn’t all been easy, it’s actually been a journey filled with obstacles, sometimes daily, that we need to overcome. But it’s always been worth it. Hard does not equal bad, hard actually assigns value and makes us treasure it all the more. I choose this hard and I chose it again… So when the conversation of growing our family came up, it felt like an easy yes. Yes, to more of the above. Yes, to more Down syndrome in our lives, yes to all the beauty that it entails. Again, not easy, somehow it’s four times as hard but so freaking worth it. More joy, more love, more glimpses of Heaven. I get to experience being a mother to four of the most amazing children, each such a miracle in their own way and 50% have Down syndrome, how lucky am I?! Down syndrome changed my life, so the opportunity to have more of it was one of my easiest yeses, yes to my Luca 🤍 #foryoupage #fyp #dow#downsyndromei#trisomy21m#momlifed#chdc#nicud#medicallycomplexoption #Siblings

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Wednesday 23 October 2024 18:56:30 GMT