reunion
2006-02-26 - 1:41 p.m.

One of the couples announced that their baby has Downs. I very nearly cried when they said so, but I knew that wasn't a response to have -- but I didn't really no how to respond. Nothing seemed like the right thing to say. One doesn't say "I'm sorry" or something like "Down's babies are always so loving." A million things went through my head, but all I could say was "oh, he's a beautiful little boy" and try really hard not to incline from my tone that I empathized -- because I doubt one wants empathy when one has a child who'll face a lot of life challenges while sitting in a room with 5 other couples who children don't have Down's and won't have any idea what it's like.

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