The thirteenth of thirty-seven short films produced by documentary filmmaker Tom Harmer as part of the 52Humans project. Filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic and released weekly for a year, a film about an unnamed couple’s decision to adopt a child with Down Syndrome and about what that child brings to their lives. Title: Space To Flourish 13/52 In a field an unidentified man and woman hold and play with a small girl with Down Syndrome. In voiceover they talk about how they came to the...

The thirteenth of thirty-seven short films produced by documentary filmmaker Tom Harmer as part of the 52Humans project. Filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic and released weekly for a year, a film about an unnamed couple’s decision to adopt a child with Down Syndrome and about what that child brings to their lives. Title: Space To Flourish 13/52 In a field an unidentified man and woman hold and play with a small girl with Down Syndrome. In voiceover they talk about how they came to the decision to adopt a child with a disability and their desire to make an impact on that children life. As the parents play ball with their daughter and blow bubbles, the mother quote Mother Theresa about ‘the poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for’ and explains that she wishes to bring the same love and stability into this child’s life as she had herself. As the family walk through a wood, the child looking up at the trees as the couple talk about the day they adopted their daughter and explain why love is thicker than blood. Title: “Sometimes opportunities are open doors for our hearts to be changed, and our lives to grow” End title: www. 52Humans.com