October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. To celebrate, Meghan interviews one of her favorite little people, her niece, Lux. People, let me tell you ‘bout my best friend… one of my absolute favorite humans, my niece Lux. I’ll tell you about her and my other nieces and nephew because I’m obsessed with them, and with being an aunt in general. It’s legitimately the best thing I get to do, but I digress… The reason I’m writing about Lux is because October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month and my girl was born with Trisomy 21, aka Down syndrome or, like I tell her, just a little extra DNA. I won’t bore you with data and stats about Down syndrome because you can Google that if you really want it. The thing I want to focus on is the person I love and the things she’s taught me or made me aware of. My sister says I’m Lux’s person. I think she’s right, minus the whole dead bodies Grey’s Anatomy reference. In some ways, Lux is my person too. She’s the person who makes me feel the most loved and the least judged I have ever felt. That’s a powerful feeling. And […]

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