Margrít Co.

06/05/2026

Today I’ve received several messages asking about the news involving an influencer couple who chose to terminate a pregnancy after receiving a Down syndrome diagnosis.

My honest response is this: my heart breaks.

It breaks for the baby whose life was never given the chance to be lived. It breaks for the family who will carry this decision for the rest of their lives. It breaks because I don’t know if they will ever fully know what they missed.

When I first heard the news, I was sitting on the couch with my brother Matthew. Matthew has Down syndrome. He was laughing, talking, living, breathing, and simply being himself. As I looked at him, I couldn’t help but think about how easily the world can reduce a diagnosis to a list of fears, limitations, or assumptions.

But Matthew is not a diagnosis.

He is a son, a brother, a friend, a coworker, a source of joy, and one of God’s greatest gifts to our family.

When my mom was pregnant with Matthew, we didn’t know he had Down syndrome. Today, parents often receive that information before birth through genetic testing. While information can be helpful, it can also become overwhelming when it isn’t accompanied by stories of hope, support, and the reality of what life can actually look like.

Is life with Down syndrome different? Yes.

Is it less valuable? Absolutely not.

Every human life bears the image of God and possesses immeasurable worth. That worth is not determined by chromosomes, abilities, intelligence, productivity, or independence. It is given by our Creator.

Today I grieve for what was lost. I grieve for a culture that too often sees disability before it sees humanity. And I grieve for families who may never hear the countless stories of love, joy, purpose, and blessing that individuals with Down syndrome bring into the world every single day.

For the Down syndrome community, please know this: your life matters. Your life has value. Your life is a gift.

And for as long as I have breath, I will continue to speak up for my brother and for every person to know they are wonderfully made, deeply loved, and worthy of life.

03/21/2025

The world is a better place with you in it kid! Happy World Down Syndrome Day!

05/27/2024

Its a beautiful day to remember our heroes ❤️🤍💙

04/11/2024

This incredible Faith at Work Summit is coming up very soon in Dallas, Texas. I'm very excited to participate in this Dallas Theological Seminary event!

Register below if you want to incorporate Faith & Kingdom culture into your business.

If you come, you'll even get to hear me share and speak on a panel 😅

https://dts.regfox.com/faith-work-summit-2024

03/31/2024

You breathe the breath of life into our lungs

Revival’s in the air

Catch it if you can

He’s moving on the wind

The dawn is breaking

Lift your eyes to see

He’s better than you dreamed

Everything you lost

Love’s returning

He is Risen, He is alive!

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03/21/2024

3/21

Happy World Down Syndrome Day, little brother!

I thank God every day for putting you in my life, you are a gift to me and this world, kid 💙💛

We have so much to learn from you, love ya bubba!

This is a day to come together to celebrate Down syndrome and raise awareness.

World Down's Syndrome Day is celebrated on March 21st each year in recognition of people with Down's Syndrome having three copies of chromosome 21 (21/3)

12/07/2023

Deuteronomy 31:8-9, “The Lord is the one who will go before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or abandon you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.” Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the Lord’s covenant, and to all the elders of Israel.”

I’ve been doing a lot of research on deserts lately, weird but there’s a method to my madness 🙃

For 40 years the Israelites lived in the desert 🏜️🐫 wilderness. I’m 6 years short of that, I can’t imagine my lifetime living in the desert, going from one location to the next.

Forty years in the wilderness, and you know who was with the Israelites the whole time?

God

They were never alone. In the passage above we see a transition, Moses is handing the reigns to Joshua. God was with the Israelites, the ark of the covenant was with them. God went before them as they crossed the Jordan River into the promise land.

The ark was the place of God’s presence in the Old Testament, we see the ark always going before the Israelites. The priests carried it every step of their journey through the wilderness. The ark was God’s way to be with His people, and a physical reminder of his presence.

When Jesus came, God made a way for His Spirit to live inside us. He made a way for us to never be alone.

And when we feel lost and wandering through the wilderness of life, God is right there with us.

If you feel like you’ve been wandering and discouraged lately, I want to encourage you to keep enduring and keep following God through your wilderness, He will not lead you astray.

You will make it!

God, thank you for never leaving us. Help us to remember your presence, help us to find courage in you and press on the path you have for us.

Amen

11/24/2023

Happy Thanksgiving 🍁 thankful for you all!

10/29/2023

Matt went to church and it was amazing!

He hasn’t been in a very very long time, we’re talking daycare/ Sunday school days. Matt was labeled to be an escape artist and would manage to get out of Sunday school and wander the halls. Needless to say that made the parental nervous so we had to come up with a better plan.

We used to take turns between my parents and me, they went to the early service and I’d meet them in the parking lot with Matt and then we switched Matt's duty so I could go to the later service.

We did that for a few years until I moved away for school.

Matt’s always been sensitive to noise and lights, so this was kinda a gamble today.

But he did great! I think we were both a little nervous at first but once the music got going he was into it. He clapped when everyone clapped, at one point we were praying with our arms stretched out and he followed and did the same.

Someone in the balcony was being super sweet too because every time I looked over at him, he was smiling at someone in the balcony. So whoever you are thank you for being sweet to my brother!

He made it about halfway through the sermon and then started to stem. So we finished the service out in the lobby.

I cried during worship, happy tears of course. Just so thankful to have Matt sitting with me in church, getting to experience worship and the incredible body of Christ !

10/10/2023

Grit Leadership Women’s Bible Study happening tonight, we have made it to our last module. Ladies, join us tonight from 7-8:30 as we study Matthew 28, where Jesus commissions his disciples.

I don’t know about you but I prefer the autonomy of do it myself. I have a hard time asking for help sometimes.

But we’re not built to be self-reliant.

Self reliance is always going to get in the way of our relationship with God.

We know this deep down, but in practice, we struggle to appreciate our neediness and choose desperate dependence upon Christ.

In Matthew 28 we see God commissioning his disciples. Self reliance was not an option in making disciples of all nations, with Christ - his divine presence is a promise and the only thing powerful enough to pin our wandering (sometime self reliant hearts) while at the same time reaching the whole world with his love.

You & I will never be alone because Jesus is with you!

Come join us this evening at Common Grounds Woodway, 7-8:30!