http://gotsnow.org Welcome to the Snow family blog. As we reflect on our lives we see God's hand in the many extras that He provides. There are times that we don't recognize His extra blessings, but He promises that all things work together for good. As you read we encourage you to pause and recognize God's goodness in your life and the extras He gives to you. God is surely good. Be sure to leave a comment and let us know you visited! Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:56:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lucy - sweet, curious, and brave - has come a long way since undergoing her first surgery at 2 months. By Beverly Beckham - June 22, 2008 I strap her into her car seat and tell her that we are going to the doctor. And she smiles at me and says, ... http://gotsnow.org/2008/06/24/loved-and-cherished-she-thrives/ http://gotsnow.org/2008/05/13/mcmorris-rodgers-launches-down-syndrome-caucus/ I read the following article:  A past enveloped in love, a future that's uncertain… and was brought back; back to the perinatal clinic.    I am sitting with Greg in a small conference room crying.  I am appalled by the cold, icy eyes of the doctor who said, "You don't have ... http://gotsnow.org/2008/05/06/looking-back-and-going-forward/ Thanks for your thoughts and prayers.  We are home and things went pretty well.  He was able to do most of the procedure by dilating her ear canal which was good and means she only has a small incision behind her ear from where he grafted some fascia - he ... http://gotsnow.org/2008/04/29/surgery-update/ Tuesday, April 29th Elly is having a Tympanoplasty, also called eardrum repair, to reconstruct a perforated tympanic membrane (eardrum) in her right ear. They will do the procedure post auricular, from an incision behind her ear. They will inspect her middle ear space and if there is no evidence of ... http://gotsnow.org/2008/04/28/please-keep-elly-in-your-prayers/ JIM LAVRAKAS / Anchorage Daily News Gov. Sarah Palin was back at work Monday in Anchorage, holding a meeting on the proposed natural gas pipeline three days after giving birth to her fifth child. She and her husband, Todd, showed their new baby, Trig Paxson Van Palin (their 5th child), to a ... http://gotsnow.org/2008/04/25/alaska-governor-blessed/ Nascar driver David Ragan's brother Adam happens to have Down syndrome. David and Adam have a wonderful relationship and are living proof that having a sibling with Down syndrome is a blessing! No, that's not Andy Taylor and Barney Fife next to the 1960 Ford Fairlane 500 -- it's David ... http://gotsnow.org/2008/04/25/nascar-driver-david-ragan-6-inspired-by-his-brother-adam/ I'm sure you've heard of the flip phone, the slide phone and even the i-phone? Well, Elly's Extra's releases the all new Foot Phone. Guaranteed never to run out of batteries (yup I said NEVER!) and almost impossible to lose (thanks to low muscle tone)! Also featuring a special esteem ... http://gotsnow.org/2008/04/09/extras-releases-the-new-foot-phone/ A book that I really enjoyed reading was The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards. It was one of those novels that kept me up too late; I thoroughly enjoyed reading it! This stunning novel begins on a winter night in 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his ... http://gotsnow.org/2008/04/09/the-memory-keepers-daughter-on-lifetime-this-saturday-night/ Melissa Ann Riggio, 20-year old beloved daughter of Steve, CEO of Barnes & Noble, Inc., and wife, Laura, died peacefully on April 7, 2008 at University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell in Manhattan, after a courageous battle with leukemia. She was surrounded by her parents, sisters 22-year ... http://gotsnow.org/2008/04/09/a-sad-loss-for-the-down-syndrome-community/