A partnership of writing and mothering proved to be a godsend for Carolyn Walker, who began her career as a columnist shortly before her daughter Jennifer was born in 1977. Jennifer came into the world with a rare developmental disability that mystified even doctors, called Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome. From the moment of her daughter’s birth, Walker found herself floundering in a new world, a secret, silent world, trying to understand what had happened. She soon learned through the power of writing about Jennifer that she could give a voice to the disabled and those who care for them. This was not a gift to be wasted. Walker’s column eventually grew into the book Every Least Sparrow, a mother and daughter odyssey, a mother and daughter love story.