Sliding Into Life
She’s 22. And she loves slides. And swings. She loves cartoons and word search puzzles. And she loves to play with her two year old niece. Best friends.
Rachael, a child for the most part, locked inside a woman’s body. She has Trisomy 21, Down Syndrome. That means that her 21st chromosome has three parts instead of just 2 like “normal” people. A lot of medical mumbo jumbo.
So, she has something extra that the rest of us grown-ups don’t have. She has the ability to appreciate life for what it should be.
A ride down the slide…
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Probably what I admire most about good photography is the timing the photographer has. If you had snapped this one millisecond sooner or later it would be a totally different picture. Who knows if it would be better or worse, but it’s certainly not something you can teach…at least I don’t think you can.
November 12, 2009 at 6:45 am
A touching image & a beatiful story. Very well done!
November 12, 2009 at 7:18 am
This captures her joy, and I love what you wrote.
March 4, 2010 at 2:57 pm