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by Debbie Browne Being a new mother can be nerve-wracking. You expect so much from yourself. Especially when you realize this new little child is your responsibility to care for with all facets of life. Kellie, my newborn, experienced numerous ear infections before...

by Kelly Ranallo, guest blog contributor for Leaping Butterfly Ministry I often wonder why so many people missed the small but important pieces of her story. Low birth weight, small stature, frequent ear infections, and, ultimately, the struggles of school and...

by Debbie Browne One of the biggest challenges I faced, as a mother of a Turner syndrome daughter, were the days we made another dreaded trip to Houston’s Medical Center downtown. Removing Kellie from her school classroom only brought more attention to her appearance...

by Debbie Browne On July 3rd, I woke up with the left side of my face swollen. So, I thought. However, by the time I met family for breakfast, it felt like I had Novocain after extensive dental surgery. For years, I’ve dealt with high blood pressure. I was shocked to...

by Ashley Fleming, blog contributor for Leaping Butterfly Ministry “You can’t be missing an X chromosome. You’d be drooling.” That one was from a college acquaintance. “Your sister seems so normal. How can she have Turner syndrome?” One of my sister’s college friends...

Written by Debbie Browne Recently, Ashley Pope, our Seeds of Faith Celebration co-chairman, posted this on her Facebook page of a poem written by a mother and daughter for the Turner Syndrome Society Connect magazine. Below is a picture of Ashley's daughter. Allie...

Written by Cynthia Claxton, blog contributor for Leaping Butterfly Ministry Again, I'm leaping in faith. "Never will I leave you. Never will I forsake you." Hebrews 13:5 I'm holding on to the promise of this verse every single day. Even though my family has not been...

It is true as God’s Word shares in Matthew 17:20, "Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."...

Written by Andrea Horner, blog contributor for Leaping Butterfly Ministry I wrote a book! Hi, my name is Andrea Horner. I am so excited to share with you today about my ministry called Beauty 4AshesKC. In Isaiah 61:3, it talks about how God exchanges our ashes for...

Written by Angela Aja, blog contributor for Leaping Butterfly Ministry What are butterfly thoughts? Before we can answer the question of what butterfly thinking entails, I want to explore caterpillar thinking. Caterpillars have the DNA of a butterfly inside of them....