This blog is about my family’s life as it is happening, not as we planned it. My son Nate has strawberry blond hair, a brilliant smile, and an impish twinkle in his eyes. He also has Down syndrome. And leukemia. None of that, of course, was planned by us. But, as  John Lennon sang long before Nate was born, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” For now, I’m putting aside plans and focusing on living each day. I’ll be writing about the challenges and joys of our journey as they’re happening to Nate, Sam, Ted, and me. We trust that love–the same love that inspired the song “Beautiful Boy”–will sustain us.