Down Syndrome birthday’s are more fun

Hulkman's B-dayYes­ter­day might have been Valentine’s Day for every­one else in the world, but in our fam­ily, it was Hulk­man’s birth­day. In my brother’s mind that means the world comes to a crash­ing stop and makes much a-do about this par­tic­u­lar birth­day. I actu­ally think he believes it’s Valentine’s Day because it’s his birthday!

Every year, for 43 years, it’s been the same. Our family’s birth­days are one each month from Octo­ber to Feb­ru­ary. Unfor­tu­nately for Hulk­man, he’s the last on the list. For the rest of us, that means he’s going to talk about his birth­day every sin­gle day from Octo­ber 1st through Feb­ru­ary 14th. It’s like a 3 year old on steroids. If noth­ing else, he is con­sis­tent. We love Feb­ru­ary 14th, because that means we can FINALLY cel­e­brate his birth­day and get some peace for a few months. ;-)

He really doesn’t require much for his birth­day. Phone calls, cards, and big hugs and kisses. Oh, and of course any of the lat­est movies out on DVD that have slow motion and big explosions.

Hulk­man, as is the major­ity of peo­ple with Down Syn­drome, very lov­ing. They are truly angels on earth. I can­not imag­ine my live with­out Hulk­man. He has taught me more about for­give­ness, uncon­di­tional love and accep­tance more than any self-help book or moti­va­tional speaker with 3 PhD’s ever could. Hulkman b-day b/w

I’m thrilled we got to cel­e­brate another year with Hulk­man. I look for­ward to many more con­ver­sa­tions with him (or Jesus or Mac­Gyver or who­ever he decides to be on that day).

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7 Responses to “Down Syndrome birthday’s are more fun”

  1. This post made me cry! I spent quite a while as a case man­ager for peo­ple liv­ing with Down Syn­drome and other devel­op­men­tal delays. I loved every minute of it. It is truly impos­si­ble to be depressed with peo­ple like your brother in your world. How lucky you are to have him!

  2. Kristin says:

    LOVE this blog post! And I can totally relate. Happy Birth­day to Hulkman!

  3. I love this, love love love. I know exactly what you mean about him teach­ing you about so many things in life, I feel the same way about my boys with autism.

    Heart you.

  4. frelle says:

    What a great post to stum­ble across, and how right you are about the extra excite­ment that comes from cel­e­brat­ing when you get to do it with a per­son with Down Syn­drome. Such JOY! :D

  5. Nicole says:

    Awwww this post is truly amaz­ing :D I had tears of joy… and it is soooo true how they teach you for­give­ness and uncon­di­tional love.. awww i love my brother… He is also down­syn­drome and it is birth­day today. He is really excited to see his fam­ily and recieve big big hugs and kisses :D

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