For Down syndrome Consciousness Month, I’ll be featuring fellow families from the Down Syndrome Association of the Philippines. Their stories are my stories too. What I realized when I attended the Early Intervention Seminar last November was that Dan and I were not alone. The worries, doubts and celebrations that we felt no one could relate to where typical stories in the community. I really felt hopeful after that and more importantly stronger. The facilitators of our group discussion during that EI Seminar were Michelle and Nino Aventajado. It really helped us to have a family who is a bit farther along in our journey to guide us and assure us in the new path of parenting that we have taken on. As Michelle said then, “everything will be OK” – seemingly normal words to the unaffected but to me and Dan they were life-changing.