Author, Speaker, and Down Syndrome Advocate
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Author and Down Syndrome Advocate- Most Recent Posts
How Much Love, Worry, and Wishes
I admit that when Marcus was a child, the future scared me. A whole lot. In fact, I used to cry on his birthday more out of fear than joy. Seems silly now, it's just - look at that kid! He was so full of life and I had the devil whispering on my shoulder... Finally, I woke up and noticed the futility of all those years of asking, “What are you going to do when he grows up?” Not to say that I don’t still hold the Gold
Everyone Needs Help
A Gift From the Universe to Change the World My son, Marcus, and I have had many writing sessions and meetings with collaborators at our neighborhood coffee shop, particularly while we were working on his first book for children and the accompanying animated short. We also wrote the speech we gave at the United Nations building there earlier this year. Today I write solo and the notebook to my right has the lyric, “The universe is resting in my arms” (from Nina Gordan’s song “Tonight”) written and circled.
On Becoming Marcus’ Mother
The sun shone in through the small hopper window near the ceiling. I woke up slowly and watched the sun beams that drifted to the floor. I knew it. I was a mother. From the outside I did not look…ready.
In my heart, I was. I smiled. I quit smoking.
The next week I went to the Doctor’s office for a pregnancy test. I didn’t bother buying one from the store because, well, as I said – I knew.
The test came back negative. The nurse and I spoke a bit about why I thought I was pregnant, her head shook dismissively as she wrote in the chart. I began eating lemons, friends looked at me and shrugged. Three weeks later I bought a pregnancy test at the drug store and it confirmed my knowledge. I returned to the doctor.
Down Syndrome Author News, Events, Opinions
Marcus is part of a program teaching playwriting
Former North drama teacher Jennifer Castello-Scott, now a freelance drama educator, devised the curriculum. She enlisted the help of author and speaker Marcus Sikora, who has Down syndrome. Marcus was involved in this cool program to teach the kids. Here's a lovely article in the Omaha World Herald about the program: Circle Theatre works with schools on playwriting project for special education students Read on!
Momaha: How I went from gold medal worrier to luckiest mom I know
Published on Momaha via Omaha.com earlier this week: Earlier this month, I stood next to my son, Marcus, while he spoke to a room of more than 1,200 spectators. It was unbelievable to witness. The event was the star studded "Be Beautiful, Be Yourself" fashion show, which took place Nov. 11 in Denver. The Global Down Syndrome Foundation hosts this event each year to raise money to continue research and improve medical care for people with Down syndrome. Marcus was named the 2017 "Be Beautiful, Be Yourself" Ambassador. As the parent of an adult with Down syndrome, I have been a
Marcus is the “King of Denver”
Check out this awesome clip from the event night on KGW: Daily Blast LIVE's Tory Shulman Visits the Global Down Syndrome Foundation's Fashion Show Awesome!