Rachel just returned for her 3rd semester in the Missouri State Bear POWER program. She truly loves being a college girl. While she was home, we were cleaning out her notebooks. Actually, it was mostly me cleaning out her notebooks. […]
It has been almost 20 years since we entered the world of Down syndrome. In that 20 years, I have a complied quite a list of phrases, comments, assumptions that I find ridiculous, ignorant, stupid (sorry but sometimes it just […]
I fully intended to write some blogs about Rachel’s transition time and gap semester. But, I have been distracted. That’s the only word I can find. I love fall because of college football, the beautiful colored artwork God paints in […]
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 […]
Rachel is a senior. This is her fourth year as volleyball manager and volleyball always has an away game on the night of the bonfire, picnic, dance and traditional Junior-Senior Powderpuff game. They usually make it in time for the […]
By now many of you have heard about the new reality show “Born This Way.” The synopsis is – “Born This Way” is an A&E Original six-episode series featuring seven people from Southern California as they pursue career goals and romantic […]
It is hard to believe that we met George 10 years ago. Many of you know the story of George but many don’t. During Down Syndrome Awareness/Acceptance Month, I always re-share the story of George and Rachel because it is […]
As promised and as I most usually do, I want to share reflections from church camp last week. Primarily I’m going to share the week in pictures but a few points. Rachel is fully included with her church group and […]
Wow! You guys like social inclusion tips. Many of you reached out and wanted to share the first five tips and some of you even wanted to use them in newsletters! This is one of my main purposes in blogging […]
A few months ago Rachel and Savanna were invited to present on Social Inclusion. I was invited to share a little from a parent’s perspective. In one of my many past lives where I did presentations on Buddy Walks, fundraising […]