If I could go back in time, I would tell my tear shedding 20-week pregnant self that a Down Syndrome Diagnosis is nothing to grieve. I would tell myself that the journey you are about to embark on, although unplanned, will be one of the utmost rewarding expeditions you will experience. The journey will be filled with tons of new friendships, bonds, and relationships. The journey will be filled with a new perspective on life and you will gain an insurmountable amount of compassion for people and society. The journey will be consumed in every emotion, including joy, indescribable love, tears (both happy and blue), determination, laughter, pride, concern, worry, patience, celebration, and everything in-between. The process in which parents receive the DS diagnosis needs to be a delicate, purposeful, and well-informed process. It needs to stray away from apologies and lean towards the endless successful outcomes. The unknown of anything is daunting and often filled with ignorance, which leads to ill-informed people making ill-informed judgements and decisions. Spreading awareness, exposure, and education will lead to more and more accepting society. That is the purpose of GiGi’s Playhouse. If GiGi’s Playhouse existed during our diagnosis, it would have provided much ease and comfort. We are very excited for a place dedicated for the development and success of people with Down Syndrome as well as the exposure and education it will provide to other people who may not be so familiar with Down Syndrome.