Since it’s May 15, my sister and I, though not twins, are the same age. We’re born a year apart but overlap between May 14-May 17. Today we are both 55, or five five or two fives, as Chris likes to say. This year, due to the global pandemic, we’ve spent a lot more time…
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My name is Andre Graça. Me and my wife live in Sao Paulo, Brazil, one of the biggest cities in the world. We have two children, twins, they are 2 years old. Esther and Guilherme; Guilherme has Down syndrome. Both are incredible kids, with a lot of love to share. We discovered that Gui (nickname of…
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Kia ora. My name is Luka Willems and I live in New Zealand. I love my family and we go on adventures together. We have been discovering new places in Aotearoa since NZ closed the borders. I would like to share our trip to Stuart Island with you. It is the smallest of New Zealand’s…
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I have quite a large family. My dad who is seated and my siblings with my nephews and nieces. I love them all. They make me feel special at all time. I feel very happy when I’m with the family. Thank you all for the support and making me part of this wonderful family. I…
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Our family consists of the gorgeous Henrietta who’s two and a half, mum Lauren, dad David and Henri’s fur-sister Agatha. Henri is doing really well with her physical development and communicates through the use of Makaton. We spend a lot of time working on exercises and activities given to us by Henri’s physio, speech therapist…
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We are a expat family from Sri Lanka, living in UAE and this is our story… In the year 2017 my wife Judy, our son Yehel, who was 2 years at that time, and I returned back to the UAE after a family vacation spent in Sri Lanka. Once we were back my wife told…
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Hi, I’m Maja and this is my family : Mother Ola, Father Piotr, younger sister Kasia and old cat named “Miss White”. We are living in Warsaw. I’m 23 years old. This is my last year at school, but I do not worry about my future. I am an actress and work in Teatr21. I…
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My name is Bashir and am 27 years old. I live in London with my mum and dad. I went to mainstream school. I like Music, Dance, sport and Art. I like to travel to lots of places by train and stay in nice hotels. I went to pilgrimage in Makkah in 2014 for my…
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We are the Koch Family! A bilingual, Canadian/German family. We have two great big football playing boys and one tiny football playing little girl! Lola was diagnosed with DS at birth, which was a shock to mama and papa. We were especially concerned if Lola would be able to communicate in two languages. We didn’t…
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“I am Seiko. I am 40 years old. I work three days a week, at a food shop. I take music lesson once a week. I really enjoy playing the piano. I know I am not good at the piano, but the teacher said, “your piano performance is great. Because I know you are enjoying…
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