What if childen learned Compassion before the world teaches Comparison? In a world that ranks kids by grades, likes, and labels…Compassionate Friends whispers a different truth. Every child deserves to know they are loved.Not because of what they do, but because of who they are. Compassionate Friends helps families, teachers and therapists, start conversations about differences, …
“My Grandson has Treacher Collins Syndrome.” I froze in my tracks and turned to face the woman who was speaking. “My daughter has Treacher Collins Syndrome too!” I said, surprised to meet someone who had heard of such a rare facial syndrome. My daughter’s theatre group had just finished their first performance. She plays the …
WonderfullyMeBooks.com April 2018, I purchased A Beautiful Girl at a little local bookstore. Our girls loved the book! They enjoyed looking at pictures of cute little girls who each have different colors of hair, eyes, skin, as well as different personalities. My girls would say, “I am this girl!” and “you’re that girl,” and “this …
I thought I’d share some of our favorite books about hearing aids, some which include facial abnormalities as well. And by “favorite” I mean, these are the books we own and have read. There are books not included in this list, simply because I haven’t discovered nor read them yet. I’m going to start with …
There once was a girl named Asha. “Hope” is what her name means. She was born with little ears, because she got her Dada’s genes. Microtia, is what it’s called. When the outer ear is small, or has an unusual shape, or maybe it’s not there at all! Dada has no ear canals. And he …
