passEDtheABLEact – What’s Next?

Following the House and Senate’s resounding yes votes to pass the ABLE Act, President Obama signed The Stephen E. Beck ABLE Act into law on December 19, 2014. That was my early Christmas present!  On December 29, 2014 the Arkansas […]

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Top 5 Most Read posts for 2014

On this next to last day of the year I decided to steal this idea from my good friend Mark Leach and my hubs, Jonathan. I look at my analytics on a regular basis and some of my blogs are […]

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Christmas Wish Granted, One Year Later!

Merry Christmas 2014!  Last year my Christmas day blog post read, “Merry Christmas!  I have an extensive list of Grown Up Christmas wishes. One is that the ABLE Act of 2013 will make it to the floor and get passed!” […]

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High School 1st Semester

Decided to shift gears from ABLE to inclusion. Wanted to name this High School 1st Semester in the Books but not quite. Rachel had the flu and missed all of her finals. Her teachers were great and for the most […]

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White House, Pink House, ABLE!

#passEDtheABLEAct became my new hashtag yesterday. Tuesday night the United States Senate passed the ABLE Act as part of the tax extenders package. Shortly thereafter, they went home and many bills died. Next stop for the ABLE Act is The […]

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One Person CAN Make a Difference

We live in a cynical world. There is little confidence in Congress to get anything done. People don’t believe that their one voice makes a difference, but Rachel and I are both proof that it does. Consider what my own […]

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Rachel Prayers: Senators Moran and Roberts

Some say Rachel is what we Baptists call a “prayer warrior.” If she says she will pray for you, she does! Her prayers are usually very simple. She is usually thanking God for someone or something. If she loves you […]

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#passtheABLEAct – A Few of My Favorite Moments

Rachel’s latest word of choice is “super.” Goes well with excited and amazing and ABLE Act! Yesterday in an interview with Fox 4 Kansas City, she said that she was “super excited”  and “super happy” about the ABLE Act passing. […]

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