By Sherry Antonetti, EWTN News, November 19, 2023
Sherry Antonetti is a freelance writer, blogger and published author of The Book of Helen. She lives just outside of Washington, DC with her husband and their ten children.
The reality of having a child with Down syndrome that is you become part of a new extended family
“Her baby brother may have Down syndrome,” my daughter said as we drove home from school.
Instantly, I felt transported back to 2007, when I received a call from my longtime doctor and friend saying, “Sherry, the tests indicate …” and I pulled into the grocery store parking lot to let myself deal with the thousand thoughts flooding into my brain.
I knew this mom didn’t have just one worry but a thousand worries, as if all the unknowns were there demanding from her an answer to the question: “What do you want to do?” …