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Dec 10, 2024 | 
religionnews.com | Amy Becker
(RNS) — A few weeks ago, my husband and I visited Mass MoCA, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. One wing of the museum is devoted to the creations of James Turrell, an American artist who has been exploring light, space and color for the past six decades.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
tandfonline.com | Amy Becker
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
amyjuliabecker.substack.com | Amy Becker
Here in Connecticut, we are settling into the rhythms of fall, with soccer games and afterschool activities and the waning temperatures of summer and the advent of golden leaves amidst the bright green. I finished up a new live workshop on Reimagining Family Life with Disability, and I’m in conversation with multiple groups about how they could use the videos from this series to serve people in their local communities.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
amyjuliabecker.substack.com | Amy Becker
Every so often I get asked, “Do you think Penny will live independently?” I’ve started answering that question about my daughter who has Down syndrome by saying, “I never want her to live independently.” In reality, I have never lived independently. Life for all of us, if we stop and think about it, is an existence of interdependence. Independence is not my goal for myself, for Penny, or for any of our children. That said, do I think Penny can live outside of our home?
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
amyjuliabecker.substack.com | Amy Becker
“God is with you and for you.” That line comes directly from our time at Hope Heals Camp in the summer, when campers make the sign of the cross on one another’s hands and repeat those words. “God is with you and for you” always brings me to tears because it speaks so simply and deeply to the truth our souls long to hear.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
amyjuliabecker.substack.com | Amy Becker
These days, I think many of us feel weary. Weary in advocacy, weary of politics, weary and wondering if the change we hope for is possible. I recently wrote, in reference to Down Syndrome Awareness month, that “awareness isn’t just about information and action. It’s also about paying attention.”I’ve been thinking a lot about the stories we pay attention to and how our imagination for the future is shaped by the way we narrate our past.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
amyjuliabecker.com | Amy Becker
October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. According to the dictionary, awareness is “knowledge or perception of a situation or a fact.” Nearly two decades into this journey, I’m still raising my own awareness about Down syndrome. I recently learned, for example, that the divorce rate for parents of children with Down syndrome is lower than that of the general population.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
amyjuliabecker.substack.com | Amy Becker
October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. According to the dictionary, awareness is “knowledge or perception of a situation or a fact.” Nearly two decades into this journey, I’m still raising my own awareness about Down syndrome. I recently learned, for example, that the divorce rate for parents of children with Down syndrome is lower than that of the general population.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
amyjuliabecker.substack.com | Amy Becker
Before I write anything else, I do want to thank those of you who have decided, voluntarily, to support the work I do through a paid subscription to this newsletter. Not only does it help me pay the bills associated with working on the words I offer here, but it also comes as a tremendous encouragement to me personally. Thank you!On Sunday, we said goodbye to our church. We have finally moved into our new home, half an hour away, and it is time for us to root ourselves within a new local church.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
amyjuliabecker.substack.com | Amy Becker
LAST CHANCE: Registration is closing soon! Use code FAMILY20 to get 20% off of the Reimagining Family Life with Disability live workshop. It starts on September 18. Learn more about this live, online workshop and secure your spot today!Have questions about the workshop?
