Thankful I Can’t Remember

I had been sitting for what seemed an eternity in the waiting room at the doctor’s office for a routine checkup. Even my phone eventually left me bored, so I looked around for something else to occupy my mind, when I spotted the cover of TIME magazine for June 6.Brain stuff! Score! (Yes, I am […]

Get Your Change Here

 “I’ve got to get out of this town!” “I wish I could pick up and move to a new place, with new people and just start fresh.” Ever had those thoughts? I know I have. I’ve lived within 30 minutes of the same town my entire life. For many years I referred to my hometown […]

Give to Get Out of a Funk (w/a funky “amen” from Jason Mraz)

I have been blessed with opportunities to forget about myself lately. A couple days ago, either Ethan had a 12 hour flu of some sort or he had an adverse reaction to something he ate. Either way, my personal needs were the furthest thing from my mind as I spent an entire day working with […]

Sometimes Four Limbs are Better than Two

Yesterday I had to come to grips with the fact that it was time. I couldn’t put it off for one more day. I had to stop hoping someone else would take care of it. Ethan’s fingernails HAD to get clipped. The previous day, he had scratched his face all up, and he looked like […]

CNN!

This past week, I saw that CNN was looking for people who had parents with disabilites, or WERE parents with disabilities to submit iReports on what life was like for them. Now, I’ve taken many journalism classes, and am capable of putting together a pretty good video, but I knew that if I waited until […]