I must admit that these past few days I have struggled with some things that have caused me not to have an attitude of gratitude. Without going into those issues, there are a few other issues that could cause me […]
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Char the Watermelon: Born at a Pink House
I think it is fitting that we hit 51 ABLE Co-Sponsors in the Senate and 310 in the House yesterday. As I said in my FB post yesterday, that’s one more step toward Rachel’s pink house in NYC. I’m less […]
Continue reading »Boxing for Kids
Really the title is misleading but I can’t think of anything catchy, and I want people to read this because I want people to join me in spreading Christmas joy around the world! It has become popular for churches to […]
Continue reading »Send Rachel to Outer Space
The title of this post conjures up multiple thoughts. No – we don’t want to send Rachel to outer space because of some misdemeanor behavior though. Since she was big enough to talk, every year on her birthday she and […]
Continue reading »Brainwashing
Frequently, I have the opportunity to speak to groups. I have spoken to teachers, future teachers, parents, donors, healthcare professionals, Senators, Congressman – you get the idea. My two favorite audiences are students aspiring to be general education teachers and […]
Continue reading »Chili Verde on a Cold Day
I realized I haven’t posted a recipe in a while so on a cold day, I have one to share with you. I know I posted this on my former blog site but many of you probably missed it. We […]
Continue reading »Thanks and the R-Word
Today I am thankful that my vocabulary is big enough that I do not need to use the R-Word or other slanderous, disrespectful words to express myself. That’s probably enough said but here I go again. That word. Just this […]
Continue reading »Typical Tuesday and Malmberg Joys!
A while back another blogging mom asked me if I would be interested in having Rachel featured in one of her “Typical Tuesday” blogs. I said “why of course.” Then, it took me a couple of months to remember to […]
Continue reading »Peace, Love and Pass the ABLE Act
Peace, Love and Pass the ABLE Act about says it. Why the Go Go Girl picture? First, it’s a shameless attempt on my part to post cute Halloween photos. More importantly it’s because the ridiculous $2,000 resource (asset) limit for […]
Continue reading »Beaming with Pride for Down Syndrome
As promised last week, I wanted to follow up with our Step Up for Down Syndrome Walk from this past Saturday. It was a great day. It is always a great day when you have 10,000 people out celebrating the […]
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