Email from a teacher of Brittany's that touched us

I wanted to share a little story with you. Before the premiere of our
fabulous Shepton Smiles.  These girls have worked so hard all year and
while all of these Smile Cheerleaders are not effected by the same
issues, it was one child born in May of this year, that began the
brainstorming that led to the creation of Shepton Smiles.  Her name is
Emma Grace.  She was born to the father and step mother of our former
mascot, Brittany.  Dawn (Emma's mom) experienced a normal pregnancy and
had every test come back as completely fine only to discover in the
delivery room that she had given birth to a child with down syndrom.
This was to say the least, a complete shock to the entire family system.
 But this whole family has embraced this miracle that they were given
and Emma is perfectly precious (I have seen pics, I just want to squeeze
her up).  I sat back and watched with amazement how this 15 year old big
sister embraced this new little girl whole heartedly and I hoped at that
moment more yong adults could demonstarte that amazing showing of
unconditional love.  Along with the exposure the Mandy and I were given
through Oprah of all places, and People magazine we designed, kind of by
the seat of our pants, the Shepton Smiles.  This whole long story was
necessary to tell to get to my next point.  On Sunday November 7 the
Down Symdrome Guild of Dallas will be hosting their annual Buddy Walk.
The Buddy Walk® is an incredible day of celebration with family and
friends to raise awareness, raise funds, and raise the hope of a better
world for all people with Down syndrome.  I am not requiring anyone to
participate, Lord knows we all have tons on our plates, but I would love
to see as many of the girls out there supporting the cause.  I will be
there.  I have copied the link below if you and your family would like
to participate and/or just to donate if you can.   The team name to
register under is Emma's Empire.  Come and join us!   Feel free to ask
any questions of voice a concern as well.  Happy Tuesday!