Life goes on.........

Some people ask "how do you tell your child he/she has Down syndrome"? My response is, we always discuss Down syndrome, and Nash, and Ds and Nash together. Its no big deal. I might say "we are going to the Christmas party and you will see alot of kids that have Down syndrome". Or "Tarenne is coming this weekend. You know she has Down syndrome just like you"? Or, "sometimes its difficult for you to understand math, and it will take more time, because you have Down syndrome"....it just is. Anyway, I got the "Life Goes On" DVD series for Nash and Jeff for Christmas. I never watched it when I was young, but Jeff did, and so under the Xmas tree it went. Nash has seen a few of the episodes since Christmas, but he is still obsessed with the Munsters and Scooby Doo movies. He really was interested when I showed him the pictures of him and Chris Burke together at the Buddy Walk last year, but that was right after Christmas. But Friday night, he asked for Chris Burke, over and over. As I put it on for movie night, I said, Nash, you know Chris Burke has Down syndrome? Nash: Yeah, I have Down syndrome too. Its cool. wow............its all clicked.