Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Students with Down Syndrome belong in our Catholic schools…

If you ask the fifth-graders at St. Mary’s School, they’ll tell you that the luckiest kid in their class is the boy who sits next to my daughter Pia. When I first heard that, I was surprised. At home, Pia rarely sits still for long. She interrupts people to tell complicated stories or jokes— many of which are quite funny, but which don’t always come at the right time…