Mom Smells Like Vodka: Link to my article in Exceptional Parent Magazine:

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Link to my article in Exceptional Parent Magazine:

I wrote an article for the magazine which was published in the November online edition.
It's not humorous, but a depiction of my experiences as the mom of a child with Downs, from diagnosis to the present. From the link, click on "read more," under "top story".

You can cut and paste the following to access the article:

http://www.eparent.com/main_channels_family_community/
Extra_Chromosome.asp

4 comments:

Scott said...: Hey Lara,

Fantastic article! It took me about 30 minutes to get through it between the trip to the fridge for green tea and to the living room for a tissue to mop the tears. Very touching.; November 11, 2007 at 4:06 PM
BadKitty said...: Great article, Lara. Congrats on being published.

Sometimes the greatest gifts are the things we don't know we wanted.
-Karole; November 12, 2007 at 10:57 AM
Lara said...: Thanks, guys!
I'm glad you liked it!; November 13, 2007 at 7:50 AM
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