During the school year I have a little time to relax with a good book. Papers, tests, preps take up comfortable reading time. Fortunately, I encountered Embry in an Internet group and somehow I learned of her sister Margaret. I think I googled her bio! At any rate, being the older sibling of a brother with Down Syndrome (and four years older than Margaret)I felt a connection. Yesterday I began my Christmas vacation and can...
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This is a wonderful book about two incredible women. Mama who is a strong and very southern woman and her daughter Margaret who has Downs Syndrome. Written by Margaret's sister Embry, who has been able to convey so clearly the atmospere, language, love and the tribulations that they have shared for over 40 years. You will laugh and cry and grow to know these women by the time you finsh the book. I have the honor of knowing...
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I am not used to reading about people I know personally, but I found this to be fun. When I was in high school I became acquanited with the expression: Be kind, everyone carries a heavy load. That is true in more cases than we are probably aware of. Mama and Margaret is a story of love, affection, of family, and the unknown: what do you do as a Down syndrome parent. What shame is there to having someone in the family with...
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