If you follow me on Instagram you may have noticed that Sarah Kate is driving now AND that we bought her a brand new car (!!!) She won’t turn sixteen until the end of this year, and I’ll be honest – I’m not a fan of buying new cars for new drivers. As with most… Read More
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A Long Overdue Tribute to My Dad
I mentioned quietly here a couple of times last year that my dad was diagnosed with a grade 4 glioblastoma – the same type of tumor that John McCain has. What I haven’t shared in this space, though you might have caught it on Instagram, is that my dad died earlier this year, on January… Read More
Let’s Talk About the Future: ABLEnow
Today’s post is about an important topic to me (and likely to many of you) – future planning for individuals with disabilities in light of 2014’s Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act – and is sponsored by ABLEnow. I shared Nathan’s birth story here a few years back, and one of the things that I talked about… Read More
Driving Miss Daisy: The Gospel According to My Westie
If 2017 has a theme, it will be “Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop.” Our challenges this year have ranged from the scary (my dad was diagnosed with a grade 4 glioblastoma brain tumor) to the annoying (dropped a glass on my electric cooktop and shattered it – a replacement will cost almost as… Read More
So…What Happens After T-Ball?
It’s that time of year again. Fall ball is where it all started for Nathan, two years ago on his first t-ball team. We’re back for another season, and as far as skills and ability are concerned, it’s going pretty well. Nathan hasn’t escaped through the gap in the outfield fence since that first season, and… Read More
What I Learned This Summer
On my birthday back in January, I shared with you a few things that I learned in 2016 – some hard truths about inclusion, the fact that big problems sometimes have simple solutions, I’m not a fan of most novels with contemporary settings, Sarah Kate won’t always see specialists, there’s no magic bullet to keep… Read More