{"id":255213,"date":"2021-10-16T15:48:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T20:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=255213"},"modified":"2021-10-15T21:44:03","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T02:44:03","slug":"down-syndrome-god-saw-fit-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/down-syndrome-god-saw-fit-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"Down syndrome mom: ‘God saw fit for me to be her mother’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In an age when so many parents are encouraged to abort their children with Down syndrome, one Pennsylvania mother is speaking out about the blessing that her daughter is in her life. In an interview with The Sharon Herald<\/a>, Whitney Murray said that she was nervous when she first learned that her daughter, Ja’Elle, had Down syndrome, but that her now-four-year-old is thriving and she wouldn’t want it any other way.<\/p>\n

“Ja’Elle is a four-year-old fashionista, sassy, a lot of personality, busy, as you can see,” Murray said.<\/p>\n

Murray said that initially she was given negative information surrounding the Down syndrome diagnosis, mentioning specifically a doctor who told her that Ja’Elle’s future would likely be limited. Murray said that she didn’t let that kind of negative talk about her daughter’s future discourage her.\u00a0\u201cMy hopes and my dreams for my daughter are not crushed,\u201d she said. \u201cShe will be able to do whatever she wants to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ: Mom says parenting son with Down syndrome is the \u2018greatest pro-life work\u2019 she could ever do<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Murray and her mother, Terrica Gregory, both wanted to emphasize that Ja’Elle’s Down syndrome hasn’t limited her.\u00a0\u201cShe\u2019s coming along perfectly fine,\u201d Murray said, adding that Ja’Elle loves the same things as many other little girls, including Minnie Mouse, going to the movies, and playing outside.<\/p>\n

In order to raise awareness for Down syndrome, Murray has started a clothing line called Designer Genes Clothing. She said that Ja’Elle loves to model the different clothes.<\/p>\n