I have a guest blogger today, Katie Locke, MCD, CCC-SLP. A few month ago, Katie posted this on an Instagram picture of Rachel: “I wouldn’t be where I am today without Rachel. So proud of her.” She tells it better than […]
Happy 2018. I ran across this quote that I posted on a previous timeline. It’s a good one for us all to remember as we continue this journey called life. “You can easily judge the character of a man (or woman) […]
I know you are just waiting for TheSassySouthernGal’s top blogs for 2017! Your comments, shares and views tell me a lot. Let me know if you pick up on your favorite themes from these Top Ten Blogs from 2017? Oh […]
I must first proclaim that we are down to one semester. Rachel successfully finished semester one of her senior year. She had a great semester. Powder puff touchdowns, homecoming dances, volleyball serves, and of course classes. She worked hard and […]
April 2014 – We had Rachel’s official transition to high school meeting. There were 15 people there including Rachel and a variety of teachers, administrators, counselors and case managers from both her middle school and high school plus Jonathan and […]
A few months ago I was invited to write a letter of nomination for one of Rachel’s teachers. Our school district’s education foundation, Olathe Public Schools Foundation, presents Excellence in Educator Awards on a monthly basis. There other awards for […]
Happy Down Syndrome Awareness Month! I think revisiting the question of what I would say to younger parents is a good post to celebrate our friends and loved ones with Down syndrome! Four years ago I wrote a blog called […]
We work in the student ministry at our church. A few years back some of the seniors said one of their sources of pressure was everyone asking what they were going to do. Historically, this is a fairly common question […]
Last weekend, Rachel was Strato in her high school’s production of Julius Caesar. If I counted correctly, she had seven lines. She was scarcely seen until the end when she appeared in a big way in one of the final […]
Happy National Teacher Appreciation Week, at our school anyhow. I thought this would be an appropriate time to do a little catch-up on Rachel’s year. It was about a year ago this time that we found out she would be […]