A Different Kind of Perfect: The Story of Parents' Choices and a Special Child's Blessings
A Different Kind of Perfect is a story about parents choosing a child with Down syndrome and the implications of that choice. It's a story about faith and blessings in an imperfect world that craves and idealizes perfection. It's also a story about finding God's perfection through love. Written with an honest voice, George Michael Lane draws the reader into his family's personal story. The struggle with whether or not to terminate the pregnancy is honest and will hit a nerve with a...
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A Different Kind of Perfect is a story about parents choosing a child with Down syndrome and the implications of that choice. It's a story about faith and blessings in an imperfect world that craves and idealizes perfection. It's also a story about finding God's perfection through love. Written with an honest voice, George Michael Lane draws the reader into his family's personal story. The struggle with whether or not to terminate the pregnancy is honest and will hit a nerve with a contemporary audience.
Acknowledgements viiLife, Love, and Discernment"God's little downs" 15Keep it or kill it? 21Norma McCowey, aka Jane Roe 27The pastor's visit 35Tough facts 43Meeting with the abortionist 53Giving God permission 59Love in quiet surprises 65Saint Joseph's-in-the-hills 69In the dark woods 75Be still and know that I am God 83A winner never quits; a quitter never wins 89Coming to a dead end 95Where are you asking us to go with you, Lord? 101Game six-ghosts of past failures 105"Those feelings and hunches that are God" 109The ball that got away 115Tomorrow's child 117Welcome to HollandChoosing love 139Crossing home 143"Miss Amy's" heart surgery 147Life goes on 155"A gift that keeps on giving" 169"Children are not things to be molded but people to be unfolded" 175It's the journey, not the destination 189Naked to the world 193A mother's daughter 199Peter, Paul, and Mary 211God's PerfectionA different kind of perfect 227A perfect day 235Good giving and perfect gifts 239Epilogue 245Post epilogue 247Letter to amy's teacher 251Special needs trust 259Bibliography 261
