The Joy of Parenting a Child with Down Syndrome (with Erin Thielman)

Girlfriends (A Podcast for Catholic Women)

Danielle Bean

Kids & Family, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 810 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

My guest this week is Erin Thielman, a disabled veteran who served in the U.S. Air Force before and after 9/11. She later met her husband Jason and they have been married for almost 13 years. Together, they have three children- Alexander, Abby and Andrew. Erin was a teacher until her youngest child, Andrew was prenatally diagnosed with Down Syndrome. Erin is a Down syndrome advocate, a pro-life advocate and especially enjoys speaking to youth and young adults. You can learn more about Erin by visiting her website at ErinThielman.com. (http://www.erinthielman.com/) Snippet From the Show A child with Down Syndrome is a precious gift from God that softens the heart of humanity. For episode shownotes, text GIRLFRIENDS to 33-777 or visit www.ascensionpress.com/girlfriends.

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0:00.0	Hello, Danielle Bean here. I'm just hopping on real quick before the start of today's show
0:05.1	to let you know about the free Theology of the Body Virtual Conference. This is coming up. It's
0:10.7	going to take place online, April 30th to May 2nd. I'm honored to be a part of it. And my talk is
0:16.3	titled, Mother is a Verb. And that's where I'm going to be sharing with you about our feminine gifts,
0:22.3	the things that we uniquely are called to do as women in the ways that God calls all women
0:26.7	to love and serve others in our lives as only we can. I can't wait to connect with you there
0:32.5	at the virtual theology, the body conference. Their website is T-O-B virtualconference.com.
0:39.1	You can go there, you can register for free, get access to my talk, and dozens more from
0:43.5	some really wonderful dynamic Catholic speakers.
0:46.8	I can't wait to connect with you there.
0:49.6	Girlfriends, episode number 269, The Joy of Parenting a Child with Down syndrome, with Aaron Thielman.
1:00.3	Hello and welcome to girlfriends. I'm Danielle Bean. I'm a wife and a mom, and I'm on a mission to
1:06.0	help you know your worth as a woman so you can find peace, balance, and joy in family living.
1:11.3	This week I have a special guest who is joining me to talk about her life as a mom of a child with Down syndrome and all the joy that she is finding inside of that.
1:20.8	Really a wonderful conversation. I can't wait to get started. Let's go.
1:29.4	Hey, girlfriend. I am glad you are here. Thank you for showing up. I am excited to connect
1:34.6	with you again right here on the Girlfriend's Podcast. I have a great conversation to share
1:39.3	with you with Erin Thielman, who's a mom of a little boy, sweet little guy with Down syndrome. And she really
1:45.6	wanted to come on in time to share about her life as his mom for Down syndrome Awareness Day.
1:51.8	We couldn't make that work with regard to the timing for the podcast. I've just been really
1:56.1	backloged with a lot of guests, which is a good thing here on girlfriends. A lot of people are
2:00.5	interested in coming on. So I'm really excited to have lots of different guests to share with you
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