http://iftheyhadavoice.org Wed, 23 Apr 2014 01:45:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.1 Those awe moments in life http://iftheyhadavoice.org/awe-moments-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=awe-moments-life http://iftheyhadavoice.org/awe-moments-life/#respond Wed, 23 Apr 2014 01:45:09 +0000 http://iftheyhadavoice.org/?p=276 This week was Song Kran break in Bangkok. Basically it is our spring break but for the Thais, it is a week long water fight celebrating New Years. With temperatures reaching over 100F we decided to take Marley to her first movie. We had watched the movie Rio a few years ago so we took […]

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]]> http://iftheyhadavoice.org/awe-moments-life/feed/ 0 Being Cut From The Team http://iftheyhadavoice.org/cut-team/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cut-team http://iftheyhadavoice.org/cut-team/#respond Thu, 16 Jan 2014 13:28:21 +0000 http://iftheyhadavoice.org/?p=231 Growing up baseball was my first love.  During Elementary and Middle school I played other sports, but baseball was the sport I dreamed of playing professionally.  Cal Ripken Jr. was my hero and I envisioned taking over SS one day for the Baltimore Orioles.J  Growing up I played infield and the first day of tryouts […]

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]]> http://iftheyhadavoice.org/cut-team/feed/ 0 2 More Years http://iftheyhadavoice.org/2-years/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2-years http://iftheyhadavoice.org/2-years/#respond Thu, 21 Nov 2013 05:56:04 +0000 http://iftheyhadavoice.org/?p=221 Sometimes in life you face a crossroads and you are not sure which direction to take. Ever since retuning to Bangkok in July, we have felt a sense of burn out in our family. We were not home sick or angry about anything, but we were just feeling worn out with living overseas. It became […]

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]]> http://iftheyhadavoice.org/2-years/feed/ 0 She’s A Little Angel http://iftheyhadavoice.org/shes-little-angel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shes-little-angel http://iftheyhadavoice.org/shes-little-angel/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:02:48 +0000 http://iftheyhadavoice.org/?p=214 Before I began I must tell you that we truly enjoy living in Thailand.  Many things about this culture are fascinating and different from our culture in the States.  Like any culture, there are things that you think, man that is a great idea, and things you see that make you say, why would you […]

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]]> http://iftheyhadavoice.org/shes-little-angel/feed/ 0 Sheila Harkin’s 21 Story http://iftheyhadavoice.org/sheila-harkins-21-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sheila-harkins-21-story http://iftheyhadavoice.org/sheila-harkins-21-story/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:49:01 +0000 http://iftheyhadavoice.org/?p=183 Sheila’s 21 Story I grew up in a community of missionaries who were serving on a rural mission station in Africa in the 1970s.  These men and women had made huge sacrifices to leave the U.S.A. to offer services through medical care, education and teaching and showing God’s love.   They lived in conditions that were […]

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]]> http://iftheyhadavoice.org/sheila-harkins-21-story/feed/ 3 Jen Norton’s 21 Story http://iftheyhadavoice.org/jen-nortons-21-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jen-nortons-21-story http://iftheyhadavoice.org/jen-nortons-21-story/#respond Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:54:20 +0000 http://iftheyhadavoice.org/?p=145 Two years ago I was hopelessly stuck in a job I knew was going no where, a grad school program I hated and a lonely single life. After Marley was born Jana called to tell me she had Down Syndrome and my heart began to stir. I have loved Jana and Boomer as a best […]

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]]> http://iftheyhadavoice.org/jen-nortons-21-story/feed/ 0 Katrina’s 21 Story http://iftheyhadavoice.org/katrinas-21-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=katrinas-21-story http://iftheyhadavoice.org/katrinas-21-story/#respond Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:52:22 +0000 http://iftheyhadavoice.org/?p=143 I wanted to leave my story about a child that changed my life that happens to have Down syndrome. She is technically not related to me but I am not sharing her story with you for a tshirt. I just need her story to be heard. You see, 2 1/2 years ago I found out […]

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]]> http://iftheyhadavoice.org/katrinas-21-story/feed/ 0 Marcia Rigamonti’s 21 Story http://iftheyhadavoice.org/marcia-rigamontis-21-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=marcia-rigamontis-21-story http://iftheyhadavoice.org/marcia-rigamontis-21-story/#respond Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:46:48 +0000 http://iftheyhadavoice.org/?p=141 Thank you for your honesty and willingness to let God change your thought processes. The most beautiful and completely unbiased compliment I ever received was from a young man, about 15 or 16 who had Down syndrome. I was all dressed up for a concert at our church and he came up to me and […]

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]]> http://iftheyhadavoice.org/cherish-every-moment/feed/ 2 Stories of People With Down Syndrome Changing Lives http://iftheyhadavoice.org/stories-of-down-syndrome-people-changing-lives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stories-of-down-syndrome-people-changing-lives http://iftheyhadavoice.org/stories-of-down-syndrome-people-changing-lives/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:50:52 +0000 http://iftheyhadavoice.org/?p=115 Send us your stories about how a person with Down syndrome has changed your life.  If we choose your story for our 21 Stories section then we will send you a free t-shirt.  Stories cannot be about relatives.  Thanks and we look forward to hearing from you! on twitter @jackjanamarley #iftheyhadavoice

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