“Welcome to Holland!”

by Carolyn Thomas

Back in 1974, a writer named Emily Perl Kingsley had a baby boy she named Jason who was diagnosed with Down Syndrome.  Years later, the writer for Sesame Street wrote an essay called Welcome to Holland about living with a child with that diagnosis. This essay has become a classic, and it may help those of us who face any life-altering reality we didn’t see coming – like a serious cardiac diagnosis. 

Here’s what Emily wrote:     Continue reading ““Welcome to Holland!””