For years, I wondered why my childhood best friend, Ben, had chosen to marry my younger sister, Rosie, who had Down syndrome. Although I knew they had always been close, I secretly worried that he had married her out of sympathy or because of his friendship with our family. Everything changed when Rosie, pregnant with twins, collapsed at thirty-four weeks and was rushed into emergency surgery. As we waited outside the operating room, Ben handed me a letter that would change everything I believed about their relation…Continue Reading
