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Kids’ Powerful Reenactment of Christmas Story Completely Changed One Mother’s Fear of Down Syndrome

"She's not lacking"
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By Stephanie Parker
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December 12, 2016

Being told your child has down syndrome is never an easy thing to hear, and the same holds true for one mom featured in a powerful new Christmas video.

She explains the fears she experienced for her child, and how they were all wiped away while she watched her daughter re-enact the Christmas story. The powerful epiphany for one mom also serves as a reminder to us all that while some babies might appear to be less than perfect in the beginning – God doesn’t make mistakes.

The four minute video titled, “He Came Down” takes viewers through the emotional journey.

The Speaklife.org.uk Christmas inspired video begins with a mother sharing her personal story of coming to terms with birthing a child with down syndrome.

Saying, “it’s no one’s fault when someone is born with a disability. But you still feel like, ‘why did this happen to us?'”

As the scene scans past the family photographs and Christmas decor in the home, the viewer is taken into a car and along for a ride when the voices switch and a young girl takes over.

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Once that happens, the audience sees the beginning of a nativity scene and a young girl says, “This Story of Christmas, we tell it in rhyme. Some actors have lines while some of us mime.”

While this is being said, a few mothers and children are showcased with smiles on their faces, interacting with their precious children.

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Shortly after, the unidentified mother who opened the segment continues her story. Saying, “I was overwhelmed with grief at the loss. I thought, my beautiful baby has got down syndrome …and it is such a disaster.”

Then it heads to an alternative scene, which showcases a young boy coming in with a crown and then the audience hear’s a young girl’s voice, saying, “Meanwhile, great Caesar Augustus in Rome, made a decree, ‘Return to your home’ For Joseph this ruling meant Bethlehem…so they rode in on their donkey, all the way.”

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Then the mother’s voice comes in again and says,”God didn’t give me a straightforward answer of why this happened. It took time for me to realise that God’s answer…it wasn’t so much what was wrong with Leeva…there was something wrong with the way I was thinking.”

The young female narrator continues back to the nativity story, where she states, “Mary was speechless. She didn’t know how these things could have happened…but still she bowed.”

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Then the candid statements continue, when the mother states, “I think of Mary (Jesus’s mother), of all she goes through…It’s not her plan, it’s God’s plan – she just goes with it.”

Adding, “she’s humble, she’s calm, she’s reassured by the fact that everything is going to be okay.”

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As the script in the Christmas related play continues so does the story and the mother’s explanation of God. Stating, “What we learned was that God was with us – God suffered with us…adding, “he gave us the most beautiful child and there was no reason for me to grieve or compare her, or – you know – feel sorry for her.”

The mother admitting that in her old view, she thought her daughter would “lack” and then explaining “she’s not lacking”.

As the video draws near to a close, it leaves us with the phrase “remember the one who came down to the manger” coming into view. A good reminder to all, no matter what struggles lay ahead.

 

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