Hey everyone, welcome back to the Going Scared Podcast.

This is your host, Jessica Honeger,

founder of the Social Impact Fashion Brand Noonday Collection.

Are you ready for honest and vulnerable conversations

that will inspire you towards action.

Join me here every week for conversations on living lives of purpose by leaving comfort and going

scared.

Today's episode is a special episode to me.

Did you know that October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month?

I don't know if you have any people in your lives that maybe have children

with Down Syndrome or that have Down Syndrome. I have one of my best friends in the

whole world, Micah May of May Designs, has a child with Down Syndrome,

and then my business partner, who's also one of my best friends in the entire world,

his son has Down Syndrome. So walking with them, vacationing with them, doing life with them, has

enriched my life and has enriched my children's life so much. I was scrolling

Instagram this week and I saw a post by a friend of mine who has a

child with special needs. It's not Down Syndrome, but I feel like this could

resonate. She wrote a blog article and she says,

and by God, when someone else thinks they know how to parent Leo better,

so he just won't act the way he does, we noticed.

All the different ways others go about trying to limit their or their child's interaction with Leo, we notice.

It does not go unseen. They are not being sneaky or clever or discreet or smart.

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