Melina and Rachel had never met in person. Melina lives in the Chicago suburbs. Rachel is a Sassy Midwest Southern Gal (that’s a transplant from Memphis) living in the suburbs of Kansas City. Melina is Jewish. Rachel is Christian. Both […]
Rachel’s birthday is later this week. You may know that already because Rachel loves birthdays and especially loves her own birthday. She plans it year round. A few years ago we celebrated her 13th birthday on our Disney Cruise. On […]
The last few weeks of the school year I was in a funk. Usually I know what precipitates my “funk” but I really couldn’t pinpoint it this time. Perhaps it was related to Rachel’s emotions due to her boy craziness […]
Today, I pause to celebrate the life of Lori Siegal. Lori would have celebrated her 34th birthday today. While her earthly life ended on November 28, 2005, Lori lives on and continues to do what she desired the most: Speak […]
Today is Rachel’s last day of middle school. Please indulge me as I summarize our Middle School experience and our efforts for transition to High School with this “Dear Rachel” letter. Dear Rachel, Three years have passed too quickly! Yet […]
It is our last week of middle school. I’m not sure how that happened and later this week I will post “High School Here We Come” with some of the thoughts on what we have done. Today, I find myself […]
Now, we interrupt the transition to high school for a Sporting KC Victory Project moment. Because of Rachel, we have had the opportunity to do some pretty cool things. She has fished with Bill Dance. Her picture has been on […]
Six years ago when Hannah Montana was singing “If We Were a Movie,” I had no idea that God was sending me a direct message. Rachel loves Hannah Montana. She has separated Miley Cyrus and Hannah Montana into two completely […]
I cannot tell you exactly what I was doing 15 years ago last night. I can tell you that I was not envisioning the precious baby girl I was due to deliver in less than two months receiving awards. Certainly […]
This is a re-post of my 2nd most read blog, “IEP Wounds” from April 2013. Since it is IEP season, I thought I would post again! Rachel’s 32nd IEP meeting is Monday. I’ve been reviewing and cleaning out. I visited […]