Defining my role
Defining my role I was talking to a friend who shared that she likely earned an additional PhD advocating for her son. She single-handedly created opportunities where there were none- and most impo...
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Thoughts on advocacy, law, family, and the work that matters.
Good time ALL around!
Good time ALL around! I took my husband on a rare date night doing something that he would want to do instead of what I want to do- AND that is go to a Buccaneers football game. I had planned it fo...
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Why?
Why? I was fumbling through my phone yesterday and put in the search term “Autism”- and Whoa-so much came up! It was like walking back in time. I explored where our family was almost every year and...
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Adventures are a MUST!
Adventures are a MUST! So I had a bit of a health scare. Nothing super serious I just did not feel like me. Turns out I need an adventure. It has taken me a long time to acknowledge how stressful i...
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This week we lost a giant. Calling him a giant is an understatement
This week we lost a giant. Calling him a giant is an understatement We lost a charismatic, kind, loving, serious soul committed to equity. We ALL lost someone we considered loved us most -Watson Ha...
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Legend
Legend Last week our family had the opportunity to meet our aunt’s education peers. It was surreal! Our aunt, was the first female African American Superintendent in St. Paul, Minnesota. While it w...
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Summer is Over!
Summer is Over! Every parent and I mean EVERY parent enjoys the end of summer and the joys of children going back to school. This year was particularly difficult yet beautiful at the same time. Get...
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Count your blessings 1 by 1
Count your blessings 1 by 1 Someone I love called me to share that someone she loved passed away. He was a young boy with several disabilities who gallantly fought to live. Apparently physicians to...
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Who Are You?
Who Are You? A friend sent me an article on Brad Pitt. It was on his inability to remember faces. She recalled me sharing our daughter’s challenges with facial recognition for many years. Brad Pitt...
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Still Anxiety
Still Anxiety Travel was always easy for our family. We started early and made it a point to teach our daughter how to appropriate navigate airports, planes and the endless travel modalities that c...
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