BERGEN COUNTY MOMS

Hope in her stroller at the USS Arizona Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii. I laugh a little when we pull off a major vacation, and staff or...

One of the most intimidating parts of contributing to Bergen County Moms is the high bar I set for myself: to share the disability...

There is a special beauty in celebrating the Down syndrome community just as spring is surfacing here in northern New Jersey. Our bulbs...

Henry and Hope with a friend from Joyful Noise, St. Elizabeth’s children’s choir.  One of the reasons I love to write is that writing...

Hope and Henry under the Ridgewood Christmas tree, following Access Ridgewood's sensory-friendly tree lighting at Parisa East earlier...

We brought our kids to The Christmas Spectacular at Radio City for the first time this past weekend and it went better than I could...

“The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know.” -Albert Einstein    When I became pregnant, I was certain I would get by on...

An unassuming holiday sneaks onto our calendars each and every September: Grandparents’ Day. This holiday doesn’t receive the fanfare of...

Many of us have begun preparing our children and our homes for one of the biggest transitions of the year. College students are heading...

Hope and Henry showing off their Disability Pride flag shirts. Last week I received a call from the principal of my six-year-old’s camp....

March 21 st  was World Down Syndrome Day, as I’m sure your social media scrolling  made obvious, and this year’s theme was “End the...

I don’t know how you do it . I’ve never met a parent raising a disabled child who has not been told this at least once. For many of us,...

Elena + Henry Croy | Photo credit: Noam Galai (Getty Images for Runway of Dreams) First, I owe you this disclaimer: I don’t know much...

A few weeks ago, I pulled the slow cooker down from a high shelf of one of my kitchen cabinets, reuniting with an old friend whose...

We’re well into Down Syndrome Awareness Month and are thrilled to celebrate with you! Your feeds and stories should be swamped by now...

Some mom friends and I were discussing our plans to bring World Down Syndrome Day into our children’s schools this year, and I just had...

The word “awareness” has always eluded me. October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month, but if I had to make a bet, you are already aware...

I recently heard an educator label a former student as “low,” as in “low functioning.” We hear the terms low and high functioning quite...

This week, New Jersey students participated in their schools’ programming for the Week of Respect. Each grade level tackled concepts of...

The phrase “Down syndrome is a blessing” is a common utterance of a rare and precious insight into compassion, honesty, and wholeness....