About the book
Extraordinary: Stories of Adopting Children With Down Syndrome will introduce you to thirteen families who, with God’s help, said “YES!” to the most rewarding journey of their lives. Inside these pages, you will catch a glimpse of the struggles, the successes, and the unspeakable joy they experienced as they welcomed a child with Down syndrome into their forever family.
It also includes a statement of “We Believe…” listing the many reasons that children with Down syndrome are more alike than different from a typical child. A Resource Guide will help you find general information such as “How to Adopt” and “Financial Assistance Organizations.” If you’re not able to adopt but would like to help, there are resources in “Orphan Care” to guide you to what best suits your situation.
The Vision
Since starting their publishing company, Marlin and Lisa’s number one goal has been to release a book containing stories of families who have adopted a child or children with Down syndrome. Having adopted four children of their own, three with Down syndrome, the project is obviously very dear to their heart.
With the generous help of Cady Driver as the compiler, Marlin and Lisa were able to make their dream a reality.
The Vision
Since starting their publishing company, Marlin and Lisa’s number one goal has been to release a book containing stories of families who have adopted a child or children with Down syndrome. Having adopted four children of their own, three with Down syndrome, the project is obviously very dear to their heart.
With the generous help of Cady Driver as the compiler, Marlin and Lisa were able to make their dream a reality.
Meet Cady
Cady Driver, compiler of Extraordinary: Stories of Adopting Children With Down Syndrome, is a homeschooling mother of three bio teens and one heart baby with Down syndrome from China. A gallery artist and children’s book illustrator, her passion has always been, through her artistic endeavors, to raise funds for families who are adopting.
Cady is a Down syndrome adoption advocate, counseling adopting families on what to expect with their special needs adoptions. She is also a representative for Open Hearts For Orphans.
Ordinary people who have seen the great need to advocate for or adopt children with Down syndrome wrote the stories featured in Extraordinary.
Meet Cady
Cady Driver, compiler of Extraordinary: Stories of Adopting Children With Down Syndrome, is a homeschooling mother of three bio teens and one heart baby with Down syndrome from China. A gallery artist and children’s book illustrator, her passion has always been, through her artistic endeavors, to raise funds for families who are adopting.
Cady is a Down syndrome adoption advocate, counseling adopting families on what to expect with their special needs adoptions. She is also a representative for Open Hearts For Orphans.
Ordinary people who have seen the great need to advocate for or adopt children with Down syndrome wrote the stories featured in Extraordinary.
Gallery of Families
These are the families who have helped to make Extraordinary possible.
Gallery of Families
These are the families who have helped to make Extraordinary possible.
The royalties from Extraordinary: Stories of Adopting Children With Down Syndrome will be given to Open Hearts for Orphans. They are committed to designating these funds for orphans with Down syndrome and the families who adopt them.
Open Hearts for Orphans is a charity whose mission is threefold: medical intervention for orphaned children, meeting the basic needs of orphaned children, and providing financial assistance for adoptive families through their “Say Yes” adoption grant program.
Be sure to read more about them at openheartsfororphans.com
or visit them on Facebook at facebook.com/openheartsfororphans/
The royalties from Extraordinary: Stories of Adopting Children With Down Syndrome will be given to Open Hearts for Orphans. They are committed to designating these funds for orphans with Down syndrome and the families who adopt them.
Open Hearts for Orphans is a charity whose mission is threefold: medical intervention for orphaned children, meeting the basic needs of orphaned children, and providing financial assistance for adoptive families through their “Say Yes” adoption grant program.
Be sure to read more about them at openheartsfororphans.com
or visit them on Facebook at facebook.com/openheartsfororphans/
