Kim Kardashian and Kanye West did it. Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick did it. Even Tyra Banks did it. In fact, in 2017, well over 750 American couples did it. What is this growing trend that is popular among the famous and not-so-famous alike? Surrogacy. Surrogacy, at its core, is the process by which […]
When I was a teenager, I remember sitting with my church youth group as we were asked to consider signing up to be buddies for a summer camp for kids with disabilities called Camp I Am Special. They explained that we would only have to volunteer two weeks, with two campers, but it being an […]
Karen McConeghy Prewitt, a 30-year resident of Jacksonville originally from Chicago, was in the process of sending her 18-year-old daughter, Courtney, to college when she discovered that she and her husband were expecting. The pregnancy alone was shocking enough, but finding out their son, Caleb, had both Down syndrome and heart defects was even more so. […]
While in high school, an opportunity came up at my church’s youth group to volunteer as a buddy at Camp I Am Special — a fun, weeklong summer camp for children, teens and young adults with disabilities. The buddies provide one-on-one care and friendship 24 hours a day throughout the week, and I remember thinking that it sounded like such a […]
