Happy 21st Birthday Rachel! As I write this morning, I am remembering 21 years ago right now. You were not due for two more weeks. I was determined not to go to the hospital if it wasn’t true labor. A […]
21 Years of Beautiful
Author: sassysoutherngal
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!
A Few COVID Concerns as the Mom of an Adult Daughter with Down syndrome
The coronavirus has impacted each of us in different ways. A challenge to one person does not impact another person in the same way. Likewise, we all cope differently. That does not mean that my way is better than yours. […]
What’s Cookin’ (with Rachel in the Covid Quarantine)
What’s Cookin’ is just a cute way to say, “How are you doing during the Covid quarantine?” We are fortunate that my husband can work from home. I have been engaged in a bit of advocacy and coordinating a few […]
Rachel’s Faith
Haven’t shared any blogs during Covid. Maybe I’ll do one next week on Rachel’s transition home from college. Today’s topic is Rachel’s Faith. Rachel started presenting a Power Point presentation about her life and dreams to her IEP team when […]
#PledgeToInclude
Today is Take the #PledgeToInclude Day. You may be more familiar with Take the Pledge to End the Use of the R-Word pledge . Founded by two youth leaders in 2009 as Spread the Word to End the Word, the […]
33 Years. Grief is a Strange Thing
My baby brother would have been 55 this Friday, February 21. That sounds so strange to me. He has been gone 33 years, Saturday morning at about 2:30 AM. Thirty-three years sounds strange, too. I don’t think of him everyday […]
21 Years Glimpsing God’s Grace
Twenty-one years ago today, I brought my husband home from his overnight hospital stay. He had a colorectal tumor removed. He was 34. He had no history of cancer in his family. He was young. He was healthy. In just […]
Rachel’s College Journal
Rachel just returned for her 3rd semester in the Missouri State Bear POWER program. She truly loves being a college girl. While she was home, we were cleaning out her notebooks. Actually, it was mostly me cleaning out her notebooks. […]
Top Blogs of 2019 – Now You Know the Rest of the Story
It’s time to ring out the 2019 and welcome 2020 by posting our top blogs from 2019. I’m going to share my top five as chosen by you, my readers. Number one jumped to the top of my all-time most […]
Jonathan & Jawanda: A Modern Day Comedy/Tragedy – Chapter 30
It has been a big year at our house. Rachel started college and is part of the first class of the Missouri State University Bear POWER program in Springfield, MO. She started in January and loves being a college girl. […]