I shouldn't be responsible for link ups.

Friday, 29 March 2013

Let today be known as the day we all realized that I should not be responsible for any link ups.Ooops.#backthatazzup Friday!The purpose: To start our weekend with some fantastic jams.The station that inspired it: "Back That Azz Up" on Pandora Radio.The r

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The Death of Robert Saylor

Thursday, 28 March 2013

Robert Ethan Saylor, a young man with Down syndrome, passed away at a movie theater in January. He had been there with an aide watching Zero Dark Thirty. After the movie ended he wanted to see it again. A theater employee told him he needed to leave the

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Thankful Thursday

Thursday, 28 March 2013

Today I'm going to talk about some things I'm thankful for.Because the words "thankful" and "Thursday" both start with the same letter, duh.And also maybe because I have a few things to be thankful for. Even if it doesn't involve turkey, stuffing and fam

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Molecular Roots of Down Syndrome Unraveled

Wednesday, 27 March 2013

Researchers have discovered the cause of impaired learning and memory in individuals with Down syndrome. A protein called SNX27 is at the root of the decreased cognitive function. A person with an extra 21st chromosome produces less of the SNX27 protein

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How I ruined my best friend's romantic evening.

Wednesday, 27 March 2013

It's Wednesday and I have absolutely no motivation to talk about celebrity eff ups today. The reasoning for my lack of motivation? Well, I went along searching for what happened over the last week and really all I was able to get was another shirtless ph

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Humble Pie

Tuesday, 26 March 2013

I never know how to start posts when I have something weighing on me that I want to put into writing. It's funny, my friends who aren't familiar with blogging have little to no idea that there's actually a community of people who also do this stuff and it's not just my blog thingy. So, wh

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"Voyeur"

Monday, 25 March 2013

"Voyeur" You may already know.Maybe you can see me.Privy to the nerveof you sharing time reservedexclusively for singularity.Fancy me.I bear witness.Bear with me.Lament with my desireto observe your excavation.Tools fashioned with the intentto push past your extent.Extensive stints before deep

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Shout Out To Mexico

Monday, 25 March 2013

Fun fact for everyone to start off this Monday:When your blog sees 10,000+ pageviews in one day (when you're used to, oh, 3,000ish), you will feel like a rockstar and you will act on these rockstar feelings all weekend.And then you will feel sleepy on Mo

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I really do wear them to work a lot.

Friday, 22 March 2013

Hey, I'm Whitney and I'm going to make this real short and sweet today.Sometime around noon yesterday I got an email from a writer for the Washington Post asking to interview me about yoga pants. Obviously I said yes and now today I'm being quoted in the

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A Fact, A Fallacy, A Photo

Thursday, 21 March 2013

A Little Moxie is hosting a blog hop for World Down Syndrome Day: 3 for 21.The instructions are easy:Post a factPost a fallacyPost a photoThese can be "related to Down syndrome, to the spirit of inclusion, advocacy/awareness."Fact:  People with Down

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Dude Answers to Chick Questions: First Edition

Thursday, 21 March 2013

I was slightly stumped at what I wanted to write about today and then I looked at my sweet, light pink, ruffley decorative towels and a lightbulb went off. The only problem with this lightbulb is that I was going to need the help of a male to pull it off

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Who I Am

Thursday, 21 March 2013

The International Down Syndrome Coalition for Life's campaign for WDSD is "Who I Am" - based on a song by Sarah Conant.When I asked Kayla, "Who are you?" She said, "I'm Kayla!"So there you have it. She's Kayla. Just Kayla.But if you asked me who she is I

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Awareness, Acceptance, Advocacy, Action

Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Tomorrow is World Down Syndrome Day; and just like in October - Down Syndrome Awareness Month - it is about raising awareness and acceptance for those with Down syndrome.Where do we go after raising awareness? I have been raising awareness on my blog for

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Whitney's What the? Wednesday

Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Here I am again, back in the center, stressing about the time of day I'm posting at. Then I remembered what my boo Jesse McCartney once told me when we were having a personal conversation. He said, "don't stress. don't stress. don't stress. just tell him

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The kind of sad that just takes time.

Tuesday, 19 March 2013

I'm aligning left today. Don't ask me why, I just am. I might just bebop around my alignment choices for the rest of bl-eternity and I'm okay with that. For those of you who asked: Yes, I really do get comments and emails about the alignment of my blog p

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A Glimpse of Independence

Tuesday, 19 March 2013

The kids and I took a road trip this past weekend. We were eating dinner at a restaurant and of course one kid has to go to the bathroom but the other one doesn't.When I've been in this situation before I always pause momentarily and wonder what other pa

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Must Take More Baths

Monday, 18 March 2013

Oh, looky here. Looky here.It's now 12 hours after I typically post and I'm just now deciding to show my face around here. Sorry about that. I assume most of you have probably predicted the reasoning behind my absence today, especially if you were a

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Blogiversary Crossroads

Saturday, 16 March 2013

It's been 7 years since I started blogging. A 7-year blogiversary today. When I started I had no idea how long I would blog for; not sure if I thought I would even make it to 7 years.When I started, Kayla wasn't quite 3 years old ... and now I have these

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I am not a bad ass.

Friday, 15 March 2013

Today is dedicated to those of you who called me brave and/or bad ass yesterday for getting a tattoo, because I am the farthest thing from brave. Or a bad ass. And that's an understatement.Here's a list of things that scare the crap out of me on a daily

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Live Fearless

Thursday, 14 March 2013

When I go through break ups I tend to get a little wild. Not full on pulling a Britney kind of wild, but I definitely tend to shake things up. Some people probably think this is not a good thing but I kind of like it. It makes me feel human. It makes me

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Homework Conversations

Thursday, 14 March 2013

I was going over Kayla's study guide for the Antebellum Period with her.I explained to her that free African-Americans had to wear tags on their shirts identifying them as free. Kayla said 'like me' me and I gave her a look that said I wondered what the

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Whitney's What the? Wednesday

Wednesday, 13 March 2013

Let's start this week off with my favorite sexy boyband man turned solo artist, slash movie star, slash all around marry-me-please man, Justin Timberlake. Who knew he had it in him (and those little CeeLo hands) to fire back at Kanye after Kanye tal

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