Over our Spring Break (which was last week), I had an opportunity to go see a concert with Yanni and his Voices. I took the opportunity to ask Spiff if he’d like to go. We try to introduce normal teen activities into his schedule, and a concert is definitely a teen activity. Granted, Yanni isn’t…
Category Archives: Advocacy
Blind Photographers
Think you can’t take good photos? Stop your whining…you have absolutely no excuse. Blind Photographers is a blog and photo archive of work by…yes…photographers who have visual challenges, including complete blindness. The BlindSighted Project allows members of Blind Photographers to explore challenges related to our eyesight, challenges that affect our image-making process. This project is…
How Does Your Garden Grow?
I orginally posted this on my blog two years ago. But, walking through my neighborhood Easter Sunday brought it back to mind, and I decided to share it here. As I was walking through my neighborhood last night, I wondered if I could divine anything about the people who lived in the houses by studying…
Whatever it Takes
It has taken me and the Hubby a long time to get where we are today when it comes to the advocacy of our teenaged son. It has been a long, hard road, that both of us never thought we would be going down. It’s a road that has made us better parents, and better…
Request Permission to Abandon Ship
Although he lives with Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, Mac is very verbal…actually eloquent in speech. However, he rarely verbalizes his thoughts and prefers drawing pictures to empty his mind. It is easy to see his mind at work as he sits and stares out a window, deep thoughts traversing his extremely bright mind…but I’m not often…
A Shadow the Length of a Lifetime
“Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime.” ~Herbert Ward My younger three sons were blessed gifts of adoption. They were abused as infants and their special needs are a lifetime shadow. I was an abused child. Please, don’t turn away from reading. Child abuse is a topic of utmost importance with each…
Try This Tuesday #38: Safety Awareness
Welcome to another Try This Tuesday. For details on how to participate, please check out the welcome post. If you’d like to join in but aren’t sure what to write about, try the topic suggestion for this week: Safety Awareness. How are you teaching your child to be safe, whether it is around traffic, water,…
A One Pound Miracle from God
I would like to introduce to you, Kayleigh Anne Freeman (A One Pound Blessing from God) Death or Life. Which would you choose when several doctors tell you there’s nothing you can do to save your unborn child’s life? Have you ever held a 13 ounce baby in the palm of your hands…
Spread the Word to End the Word
A personal message from John C. McGinley, actor and father of Max, who lives with Down Syndrome. Hi, I’m John C. McGinley. I’m an ambassador for the National Down Syndrome Society, and today I’m teaming up with Special Olympics to bring you a message that’s important to me. So many times in life you are…
Spread the Word 03/31
Spread the word to end the word the R-word Pledge And Tuesday, March 31, 2009 if you have a blog please post Need more encouragement… listen to some of the special kids responsible for the movement. Not yet encouraged? More We will have a post up tomorrow. We hope you’ll come back and leave a…