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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]