I originally wrote this blog a few years ago. I have updated it a bit. The life lesson is still applicable! Last week Rachel was in her 16th stage production, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. This was her 8th Christian Youth […]
Indulge me while I vent a little today. It has been said “you need to know this is a mom who gets what she wants.” For the past week to ten days I have been a basket of conflicting emotions […]
Today I want to recommend a book. I don’t know how I learned about his book. I must have seen it on some reading list. It caught my attention because as a child I had two imaginary friends. I quickly […]
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 […]
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 […]
Did you know it is American Education Week? Happy week and I hope you will join me in celebrating the gift of teaching. I often say I believe teaching is the highest calling, and I do. Take a minute 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 […]
I have several workshops I do about inclusion. I have done them in a variety of settings. A couple of years ago I decided I was going to add a new opening. It goes something like this: “This workshop is […]
Back in 2009, “School House Rock” was Rachel’s first show with Christian Youth Theater (CYT) Kansas City. Here are a couple of pictures. I love her expression in this one. And I love that the prop had her name and […]