by Debbie Browne | Nov 29, 2017 | Blog Posts
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 Debbie Browne | Nov 22, 2017 | Blog Posts
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 | Nov 16, 2017 | Blog Posts
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 | Nov 1, 2017 | Blog Posts
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 Debbie Browne | Oct 25, 2017 | Blog Posts
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...
by Debbie Browne | Oct 12, 2017 | Blog Posts
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....