My Best Friend Spent Years Caring for My Sister with Down Syndrome – Then He Said a Few Words That Changed Everything I Thought I Knew 11
I was seven years old the first time I understood that my sister was different in a way the world would punish her for. She was six, one year behind me. Her eyes lit up whenever someone said her name kindly. Most children did not say it kindly. They pointed at her and laughed. My…