“Mary Bryant: Songs for My Daughter with Down Syndrome”

I first heard Songs For The Inner Child while I was having a massage. My massage therapist, Dennis, had been working with me for several years, including through my pregnancy with my first child, Kailin.

Kailin was born with Down Syndrome and changed our lives in the most profound and positive ways. Dennis knew how deeply I loved Kailin and how perfect she was to me. One day when I arrived for my massage, he played the CD, starting with “How Could Anyone”. I was astonished at how perfectly it spoke my feelings about Kailin, and the feelings that mothers of children with disabilities have for their children. I was sure it had been written by such a mother!

As I listened to the rest of the CD, it was soothing and spoke to my heart. I regularly listened to it and sang along to Kailin as she went to sleep. Among my favorites is also “Everything Possible”. I sang this to her from early in her life to instill that great things are possible for her and that she has no limitations. It must have worked. At age 6, she is already a Yoga teaching assistant, and enjoying a very full and happy life!

The song “It’s a Joy to Get to Know You” was another that felt very significant to me, because it has been such a joy to get to know both of my daughters, each with her own special gifts and abilities. All of the songs on this CD will have meaning to every mother, and will appeal greatly to those who have children with special needs!

Mary Bryant
Reno, Nevada

The largest organizations that asssist families of children with Down Syndrome are:
National Down Syndrome Congress
National Down Syndrome Society

A website that looks at disability as a natural thing:
Disability is Natural