It is said that the highest and most noble work in this life is that of a mother. This is especially true of mothers of children with special needs. As
Penn Station East Coast Subs grew in both sales and units in 2021.
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What Can Amish Values Teach Us?
Marlin Miller started a magazine unlike anything on newsstands today. Embracing traditional values and faith, it offers a light in modern times.
When most people think of the Amish, the first thing that comes to mind is probably not a magazine. But Marlin Miller isn’t most people.
Marlin is the publisher of Plain Values, a magazine that brings good news, stories of inspiring people doing good, and opportunities to make a difference to more than 300,000 readers nationwide, many of them Amish. The magazine’s content is designed to appeal to the entire family and is carefully curated to support the Amish way of life distant from modern amenities.
Many things in the McGarrity household start early, including preparations for Mother’s Day. Sonia McGarrity has eight children, ranging in age from three to 18, three of whom are adopted. Four kids, including McGarrity’s third oldest son and their three adopted daughters, have Down syndrome. For Mother’s Day, McGarrity has all of her children biological and adopted sign cards for the three birth mothers and six grandmothers of the girls.
While McGarrity first thought about adopting a child with Down syndrome after she miscarried in her second pregnancy, the thought took a back seat when she and her husband, Jeff, welcomed sons Sean, Jeffrey, and Brendan into their home. Jeffrey was born with Down syndrome, unbeknownst to the McGarritys before his arrival. Pregnant with their fourth child, the McGarritys moved from Washington, D.C. to Colorado.