Armies Stand Behind My Daughter

On my daughter’s very first day of preschool, I received three friend requests on social media.

All of them were from the same person.

As soon as I accepted the request, she sent me a short video of my daughter, Abby, sitting quietly in the classroom during circle time.

Immediately after, another message popped up.

“Abby’s mom, is your daughter a Down syndrome kid?”

Pressing down the sudden knot of discomfort in my chest, I typed back a calm, measured reply:

“My daughter is perfectly healthy. She does not have Down syndrome.”