The Gifts in the Struggle: Seeing Glimpses of God in the Adversity of Raising My Son with Down Syndrome

By Virginia Piper RN BSN M SpEd.

Forty-four and pregnant coupled with divorce proceedings. Things couldn’t get more complicated….until I received a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. How was I to take this journey alone? A single mom, a fulltime job, an eight-year-old at home, and a new baby with a disability. I knew so little and felt so unqualified. Yet, each step of the way brought me closer to seeing glimpses of God as He worked in the everyday.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Mar 11, 2021
• ISBN: 9781664225893

Virginia Piper RN BSN M SpEd.

Virginia Piper, RN, BSN, M SpEd. USAF Med Tech to Registered Nurse to Special Education. Advocacy in the disability community began with her son Andrew and grew when her son George was born with Down syndrome. In 2018 Virginia began a ministry to women struggling to understand who they are in Christ. Ashes to Beauty is based on Isaiah 61:3.

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