Today I want to recommend a book. I don’t know how I learned about his book. I must have seen it on some reading list. It caught my attention because as a child I had two imaginary friends. I quickly […]
Realities of an Imaginary Friend
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I am The Sassy Southern Gal living in the Midwest. My daughter Rachel has Down syndrome, and I mostly blog about our adventures, the highs and lows of this journey. Come along and you'll soon see why I am TheSassySouthernGal!
Will Your Child Come Home from the Movie?
Two years ago today Ethan Saylor went to a movie. He went to see “Zero Dark Thirty.” Ethan didn’t make it home. Ethan died that night at the hands of local off-duty Sheriff’s deputies working as security officers. Ethan was […]
Don’t Cry Mom!
Sometimes, Rachel is a comedian and doesn’t even know it. She announced to me that she is starting the second semester of her freshman year. She then proceeded to tell me that next year she would be a 10th grader […]
passEDtheABLEact – What’s Next?
Following the House and Senate’s resounding yes votes to pass the ABLE Act, President Obama signed The Stephen E. Beck ABLE Act into law on December 19, 2014. That was my early Christmas present! On December 29, 2014 the Arkansas […]
Top 5 Most Read posts for 2014
On this next to last day of the year I decided to steal this idea from my good friend Mark Leach and my hubs, Jonathan. I look at my analytics on a regular basis and some of my blogs are […]
Christmas Wish Granted, One Year Later!
Merry Christmas 2014! Last year my Christmas day blog post read, “Merry Christmas! I have an extensive list of Grown Up Christmas wishes. One is that the ABLE Act of 2013 will make it to the floor and get passed!” […]
High School 1st Semester
Decided to shift gears from ABLE to inclusion. Wanted to name this High School 1st Semester in the Books but not quite. Rachel had the flu and missed all of her finals. Her teachers were great and for the most […]
White House, Pink House, ABLE!
#passEDtheABLEAct became my new hashtag yesterday. Tuesday night the United States Senate passed the ABLE Act as part of the tax extenders package. Shortly thereafter, they went home and many bills died. Next stop for the ABLE Act is The […]
One Person CAN Make a Difference
We live in a cynical world. There is little confidence in Congress to get anything done. People don’t believe that their one voice makes a difference, but Rachel and I are both proof that it does. Consider what my own […]
Rachel Prayers: Senators Moran and Roberts
Some say Rachel is what we Baptists call a “prayer warrior.” If she says she will pray for you, she does! Her prayers are usually very simple. She is usually thanking God for someone or something. If she loves you […]