Doctors Ann and Rud Turnbull have dedicated their lives to individuals with disabilities and their families. From the time Rachel was born, I heard about the Beach Center. I knew anytime I heard about something related to the Beach Center […]
“Just Like Some of You- She Can Dance” would be a more appropriate title for today’s blog. I am not a dancer. In fact to illustrate my lacking dance abilities, I have a Rachel story. Her dance recital was Saturday. […]
I am a Law and Order junkie. I love all branches of the show and my favorite was L&O: Criminal Intent. I love Bobby Goren’s character. I think he is a television classic. Lucky for me that there seems to […]
This year I was surprised to be honored as National Down Syndrome Society’s (NDSS) Ambassador of the Year. If any of us are honest, it always feels good to get an award. It is nice to think that you are […]
For the past four years we have been working to get our Kansas Congressman and Senators signed out to the ABLE Act. Actually, I’ve been doing it longer than that but the first few years were focused on Tennessee. For […]
What time is it? It’s summer time! This mom had a minor setback yesterday when I realized Rachel wasn’t invited to an end of school party, but in our busy life there is little time for pity parties and it […]
Today is the last day of 7th grade. In less than two hours, Rachel will be an 8th grader. Yesterday was the last full day. On the way to drop Savanna at home yesterday, I inquired about the day. Savanna […]
Rachel, I am blessed to be your momma. You are truly God’s masterpiece and my greatest gift. Since Rachel was born in 1999, I have probably given over 100 speeches and/or workshops. Almost all of them have begun with […]
Back in August I wrote a blog that quickly be came my most read and most shared blog called “Dear Teacher.” A few sentences in one of the paragraphs say: “Then, I want you to know that you are lucky […]
“Rachel’s IEP: I Love My Life! Who I Am? and Who I Want to Be?” Yesterday was IEP meeting number 32 (actually I imagine it is more like 40 but oh well). It was “Rachel’s” IEP meeting. You may be […]