Columnist: ‘Counting a little blessing’
June 15th, 2009Boston Globe columnist Beverly Beckham says her granddaughter with Down syndrome is an unexpected blessing for their family.
She says she didn’t feel blessed when Lucy was born six years ago and the family was consumed with worry. Then, she says, “slowly things got better” when they began to realize who Lucy would become.
It takes her longer to learn and longer to understand. But when she does? It’s like the circus has come to town. She says a whole sentence “I want to have a banana, please.” She puts together a puzzle. She matches colors and shapes. She climbs to the top of the slide, sits, and glides down. She stands at the window and reenacts a scene from “The Little Princess.” The Wallendas doing headstands on a tightrope couldn’t thrill us more.
… How blessed I am. How lucky to be loving her. And how easy she is to love.
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June 15th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Happy Birthday to Lucy.
Perhaps Beverly Beckham should send a copy of her column to the Levys and/or their attorney.
June 15th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
I wish the Levy parents would read this “counting a Little Blessing” article. They don’t know yet the blessing they have.