I feel SO Alive
I feel SO Alive Our daughter experienced a true first this week. She put her hands on a steering wheel, adjusted her mirror, checked her surroundings and slowly drove off. We were speechless. Our f...
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Thoughts on advocacy, law, family, and the work that matters.
Can’t Believe the Progress
Can’t Believe the Progress Sooo 10 years ago we could never sit through fireworks. It was simply impossible. Our daughter could not stand the noise or crowd or stimulation. We hid in closets with n...
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Next Level
Next Level Time to celebrate! This week our daughter reaches a milestone- Sweet 16! When your kids grow rapidly before your eyes you cannot believe how fast the time flew by. Years of cries, diaper...
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Farewell to a Good Space
Farewell to a Good Space Our daughter has been privileged to attend a magical campground every summer for nearly a decade. This camp is a place of joy, peace and where one can find their place. Eve...
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Making THEIR own way
Making THEIR own way With every child there becomes a time when you realize they are not mini-versions of yourselves. It can be quite jarring to learn-even through we know this- that we are raising...
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Fiercely Independent
Fiercely Independent This was quite a week. Our daughter finished 10th grade successfully, passed entrance exams to attend college, participated in a fashion show and decided she would be ok with m...
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And – We’re OFF
And – We’re OFF So this is scared. Nearly 14 years ago-I sat in a room with my family where I was told my daughter was broken and could or likely would never do “X”. Just replace anything wit...
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Time to pívot
Time to pívot It has been a year hasn’t it! Post- COVID, mid-COVID, No-COVID, yes-whatever COVID! I am not diminishing this world-wide pandemic on any level. Rather I am revisiting the toll it tool...
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Best Day Ever
Best Day Ever Last week I had the honor of receiving an award from Academy Prep, (“AP”) a middle school dedicated to shaping the lives of those without equity who are primarily brown and black chil...
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Pass the torch
Pass the torch I spent yesterday afternoon chatting with my oldest aunt about her journey. She is a pioneer. The first to graduate from college in our family and move on to receive several- SEVERAL...
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