Up Not Down Syndrome: Uplifting Lessons Learned from Raising a Son With Trisomy 21

Up Not Down Syndrome is a love letter and a map. Experience how it feels to think your life is over after having an unlovable baby. At first the loss seems impossible to overcome. Alex becomes the authors greatest teacher. Love is stronger than fear. Everyone has gifts. The book consists of three parts: the story the lessons Alex taught the writer and Alexs perspective. Up Not Down Syndrome is a promise to stay positive no matter what: up not down. Nancys journey gets to the core of what it is to be human: Explore what it feels like to think life as you know it is over.Discover the fierce love joy and peace a baby diagnosed with Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) brings.Learn the lessons this child taught his mom.Understand the gift this baby brings to our world.Realize the depth of the love this family has for the child.A beautiful honest account of not just accepting--but embracing--the unknown. Nancy shows us the blessing of an unexpected gift and the enormity of love. --Sara Byala Ph.D. This is a wonderful book to remind you that the joy of love is possible in unexpected places when you open your heart to it. --Barbara Taylor Bowman Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Development A moving and wise story of how a family navigates through hope loss learning and most of all love. --Rabbi David Wolpe author of David: The Divided HeartThe truth and beauty of Nancy Schwartzs words tell an ongoing story of love learning and the power of acceptance. All can learn from this familys boundless hope and from their source of joy and strength: Alex. --April Beard Music Educator and CellistLearn more at www.UpNotDownBook.com From Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com