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There a handful of people that have truly made a profound impact on me and my life. How I view the world, what I want to do with my life. People that truly give me energy and strength just by spending time with them. Mentors who inspire me by their own example, and with their [...]
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of NETFLIX. But writing a love sonnet to Netflix was actually on my “Thing I Want to Write About List” though. You want to know why? Here, I’ll go ahead and tell you. I wanted to write about them because they’ve gone from being kind [...]
Child Safety: I’d like to be able to just let my kids roam freely. But my daughter Moxie figured out a way to escape recently. She took her brother’s stool, put it under the door, unlocked the slide lock turned the handle, walked down the flight of stairs and slipped under the gate to go [...]
There was a great story on this lady who is, like me, a fierce deaf lipreader and she wrote about what a great equalizer Facebook has been for her. That it allows her to participate in ways she’d never be able to, in real life. (the story is here) I couldn’t agree more with everything [...]
Mack was crying. Moxie chimed in, bellowing full force. Mikey turned to me, raised his eyebrow (just one, which is impossible for me to do) and wryly asked if we should somehow get Micah to cry too, so you know, we’d have all 3 going at the same time. I facepalm-laughed. *** It’s all the [...]
I had just finished changing Mack’s diaper and I was nursing him. Micah and Moxie had been watching a show on Netflix. There was a…stillness in the air. Since I am deaf, it’s the stillness that I rely on with Moxie – not the sounds per se. It’s the vibration in the air, and trust [...]
I know Carrie through our mutual friend, Corbett O”Toole. The details of the introduction are hazy…I know it was on that universal connector, facebook. It was probably something to do with Carrie’s adopting her daughter (that is a beautiful story – you can read it on her blog, Adopting Delilah). But however it was, I [...]
The New York Post ran a story yesterday on some wealthy folk from Manhattan that jump lines at places like Disney World by hiring someone with a disability to cut the line for them. The story is here. I’ve got to admit, I was not outraged when I read it. Like, at all. Should I [...]
I’m sure you all remember that magical moment in which Target hired a boy with Down syndrome as a model, then Rick Smith (aka “Noah’s Dad”) wrote a post that went viral about how Target was so great, they were doing the right thing and not even making a big deal about it. Yeah? Do [...]
People talk about San Francisco all the time. They left their heart there, they sit by the dock there. San Francisco is a great little city; I get it. But personally, my heart really belongs to Oakland. I love Oakland. I love it’s lack of pretense. I love it’s rough edges. I love the strong [...]
