Touching Our Hearts
| Writings | |
| Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum | A letter to parents |
| Saints Among Us | By Rick Santorum |
| Forever Her Perfect Boy | By Lane DeGregory, Times Staff Writer |
| Carly, When I Think of You | By Carly’s mom |
| A Letter To My Cousin | By Shannon |
| Trisomy Angel | By Peter Baklinski |
| Peter’s Story (2013) | By Mary Kellet |
| Tim Carney | An awful loss, a beautiful life, a daunting task |
| A Prayer Answered | By Mary Kellet |
| The Value of “Imperfect” Children | And why aborting them is wrong. |
| The Blessed Life of Simon | Detailed in a book |
| A Doctor’s Ministry | Bridging science and spirit |
| Lane Hauber’s Story | Written by his father, Alex |
| The Devastating Choice | By Molly Myers |
| Ean’s Eulogy | Written for his sister Gianna |
| God’s Grace From Heaven | Kate’s poem for Gianna’s Burial |
| Even The Smallest Person | Aaron’s early birth story |
| I Am The Face Of Trisomy 18 | A poem by Alisha Hauber |
| In Honor Of Caleb | Posted by Patricia Tillis Caldwell |
| God Lives Under The Bed | Downloadable story (.docx) |
| Pediatrics Ethics | An article by MR Mercurio |
| Heaven’s Child | A poem by Katherine Eby |
| Austin Beats The Odds | A family’s medical journal |
| The New Eugenics | Article by Dr. Marie Hilliard |
| Beatitudes for Disabled People | By Marjorie Chappell. |
| A Special Day In Heaven | A Poem (author unknown) |
| Twin To Twin Transfusion Article | Article featured in Kentuckian Healthy Woman |
| Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb | A religious community in France specifically established for Sisters with Downs Syndrome. |
| Miracle Meagan | An article in the Elburn Herald |
| What Makes a Mother | A Poem by Jennifer Wasik |
| Meet the Miracle Baby | The story of little Georgia Grace |
| Misgivings | Article by Barbara Farlow, Mom to Annie |
| Welcoming a Child Destined Soon To Die | From “The Catholic Key” Blog |
| Thoughts of Gianna… | A mother writes of her love |
| The Child Lives | A poem by Mother Angelica |
| All Miracles | A blog filled with stories of hope |
| A Friend Shares Her Thoughts… | …about Amanda who has Trisomy 18 |
| God Sent to Me an Angel | A poem by Paul Dammon |
| The Special Mother | by Erma Bombeck |
| God’s Great Idea | A Pastor’s perspective |
| Death With Dignity | A mother ponders her son’s short but beautiful life |
| A Leap Of Love | Adoptions of Children with Down Syndrome are on the Increase, according to the Washington Post |
| Haunted By My Lost Son | A mother discusses her regrets |
| Johnny’s Story | Pro football coach shares his son’s story |
| A Sister’s Perspective | “My brother is not a burden” |
| Campaign Snapshots | News & Commentary on Disability Issues |
| The Value Of These Precious Lives | An article written for the Pioneer Press |
| Facing The Fears of an Adverse Prenatal Diagnosis | An article written by Celebrate Life magazine |
| Tribute To Mary | A mother’s eulogy for her precious daughter |
| Pope Benedict XVI’s Cousin | The Pope’s opposition to euthanasia is personal, having a cousin with Downs who was taken by the Nazis. |
| Daughter will be loved… | By Andrew and Louise Novecosky |
| Compassion Deficit Disorder | By Kathy Ratkiewicz |
| Austin The Evangelizer | Words of wisdom by Father Bob |
| A Mother’s Day Letter To Luke | A mother’s touching letter to her son, concluding with a prayer for comfort |
| A Mother’s Journal | More than 20 pages of one mother’s insights and honest reflections through her brave journey (last updated 12/13/07) |
| Peter’s Story | Written for US Conference of Catholic Bishops |
| Letter To A Friend | Ricky’s mother shares her heart |
| Peter’s Poem | A poem with love from Peter’s big sister |
| Hope In The Valley Of Tears | Finding redemptive purpose in our suffering |
| Lucas Jacobson | How a special needs child impacts those around him. |
| A Mother’s Crown | A touching and inspirational poem |
| The Journey | A mother writes from the perspective of her little one, diagnosed with Trisomy 18. |
| From a mother who has lost two children and a nephew to anencephaly. | |
| Letter to an Abortion Clinic | A letter to an abortion clinic by one of its clients. |
| Annie’s Story | One woman’s story about her Trisomy 13 – affected daughter, Annie |
| Anthony’s Eulogy | A father’s eulogy for his son |
| The Torch of Love | One woman’s story of how she was touched by a special child |
| Media | |
| Kathleen Rose | T-13 Video on YouTube |
| Nothing is Wasted | T-13 Video by Christina Dufek |
| Twin Transfusion | YouTube video |
| My Name Is Simon | A little boy with T-18 |
| John Paul Robert | Video memorial |
| A Symphonic Dream | Video by Karl Kohlhase |
| A Child With Downs Syndrome | Changes the Family Forever |
| Brotherly Bond | Connor and Cayden (with cerebral palsy) |
| 10 Year Old Blind Autistic Boy Sings | “Open the Eyes of My Heart” |
| Krista Horning’s Testimony | How do I live with disability? |
| John Paul-Ours For A Time | A mother talks about her son with anencephaly |
| Our Story of Kannon | Kannon’s story on YouTube |
| If You Have A Pulse You Have A Purpose | Jonathan’s story on YouTube |
| Parents Fight For Son’s Medical Rights | The struggle of Lane Hauber’s parents |
| Celebrate Everything–A Tribute To Caleb | YouTube video celebrating the life of Caleb who had T-18 |
| Rick Santorum–Family | YouTube video by Senator Santorum |
| Conjoined Twins | Video about Stefan and Tyler Delp |
| Changing The Label– Video | YouTube video advocating support for T-13 and T-18 families |
| One Extra Chromosome | Introducing many children who proved the doctors wrong |
| An Extra Special Missionary | Narrated by the mom of a child with special needs |
| Bryce Daniel | Video on Wisconsin Right To Life |
| When A Baby Dies | A grieving mother ponders the question: “How are you doing?” |
| A Bittersweet Journey (video) | Video in honor of Matthew Benjamin Spadoni |
| Patrick Henry Hughes | A young man overcomes his “disabilities” as he explores his extraordinary musical gifts–The Music of Opportunity |
| Faces of Trisomy | Video set to the song “Ordinary Miracle” |
| Maddy Curtis | Audition on American Idol |
| Zakk Our Angel | A video tribute by the parents of Zakk Anthony Devlin |
| My Redeemer Lives | A father, a son, a triathalon, and the power of Christ within |
| A Tribute to Lucas | Baby Lucas had Trisomy 18 |
| In Memory of Braylen Merck | Braylen had been diagnosed with multicystic kidney disease |
| Choosing Thomas | Touching Trisomy 13 video |
| Flores de Marcela Video–part I | (click on right arrow for English subtitles) |
| Flores de Marcela Video–part II | (click on right arrow for English subtitles) |
| Gunner Health Care | Parents concerned about national health care program |
| I Have a Voice | Video for Downs Syndrome awareness |
| Angel Jody Michael | Video in memory of precious baby Jody |
| God Doesn’t Make Mistakes | Beautiful Down’s Syndrome song and video |
| From the Heart of a Parent | A collection of short videos of families who have been comforted by Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (photography) |
| Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (video) | Video created for families facing Trisomy |
| Luke’s Slideshow.ZIP | Slideshow created for Luke (ZIP DOWNLOAD) |
| Calling All Angels | Video created by the parents of Zion-Grace Elizabeth Larson (anencephaly) |
| Trisomy 18 and Living (Kayden, age 7) | Photo montage of Kayden, who is now 7 years old, living with Trisomy 18 and full of smiles |
| Mieko | Video in honor of Mieko who had Trisomy 18 |
| 20 Iron Man’s | News flash covering a Texas man who is attempting to complete 20 Iron Man marathons in one year to raise awareness for Trisomy |
| Zion-Grace | A multimedia website created by the loving parents of Zion-Grace Elizabeth who passed away on 4-15-08 |
| Fearfully & Wonderfully Made | Prolife music video on YouTube |
| Give Me A Chance | Prolife song and video by Karl Kohlhase |
| Hidden Treasures | A support site for families on the Trisomy 21 Journey, featuring a powerful video montage |
| YouTube Video | Austin’s parents created a personalized video for the song, “Down The Road Of Bittersweet” |
| A Prayer Shower | A downloadable PowerPoint presentation (about 5MB). You are invited to download the presentation, change the names and use it for your own Prayer Shower. Save this file to your desktop before opening it. |
| WCCO story | WCCO story about reporter Maya Nishikawa’s daughter, Mieko, who has Trisomy 18. |
