S5 43: Rising Kites: Turning a Down Syndrome Diagnosis into a Mission of Hope with Danielle Grandholm
The Strong Women Podcast
Sarah Stonestreet
2.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
When Danielle Grandholm’s daughter was diagnosed with Down syndrome, she and her husband found themselves without adequate support. This experience led them to start Rising Kites, a nonprofit dedicated to helping parents of children with Down syndrome. What began as an unexpected journey became a source of blessing as Danielle witnessed God’s providence and grace throughout the process, demonstrating how God can transform challenges into opportunities to serve others and experience His care.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Strong Women podcast, where we explore the beautifully diverse ways God invites and equips women to participate in his story. |
| 0:16.0 | We're here to encourage one another as we step out of the shallow definitions of what it means to be a woman |
| 0:22.3 | and into the flourishing life that comes when we walk out our design. I'm your host Sarah Stone Street. |
| 0:28.8 | I'm so glad you're here. Welcome back to the Strong Women podcast. You guys, I'm so glad that |
| 0:36.6 | you've come back to hear the story for today. |
| 0:39.4 | My guest today is Danielle Grant Holm. And I learned about Danielle from one of our listeners. |
| 0:44.6 | She said, you have got to hear God's work in Danielle's life. It's pretty powerful. So no pressure, |
| 0:50.5 | but I can't wait to hear your story, Danielle. I'll just give like a really tiny |
| 0:55.5 | teaser maybe, because I don't want to spoil the whole story. But basically, Danielle and |
| 1:02.1 | her husband found themselves in an unexpected challenge. And God has used that not only in their life, but in the ability to bring light and life |
| 1:16.8 | to the world around them in a very powerful way. And it all started with a little life that we're |
| 1:24.4 | going to learn more about that God gifted Danielle and her husband with. But |
| 1:28.5 | Danielle, how many kids do you have now? Yeah. So we have two. We have an eight-year-old son, |
| 1:33.4 | Lewis, and then we have a four-year-old, almost five-year-old daughter, Sammy. Thank you for coming. |
| 1:39.0 | Yeah, thank you for having me. Sweet. Yes. Well, to start us out, tell us a little bit about what your life looks like in |
| 1:46.4 | this season. It is busy. We have two young children that keep us on our toes from the second they |
| 1:54.9 | wake up to the minute they go to sleep every night. I also am the director of a nonprofit. And so when they are at school, |
| 2:05.7 | that is what I'm doing in my free time. So I'm responding to emails, making marketing materials, |
| 2:14.5 | writing emails, responding to families that we interact with through our nonprofit |
| 2:19.1 | and also working at our coffee shop that is part of the nonprofit. |
| 2:22.5 | Okay, so I didn't mention in the intro, but yes, you and your husband run an organization |
| 2:27.5 | called Rising Kites. |
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