Being a Mom of young children re-teaches you the important lessons in life. I had a couple of those moments today. First of all, my little boys asked me about Halloween. They've noticed that Halloween is associated with monsters and ghosts and scary things, and it's been … [Read more...]
Great and Hard Go Together
My personality type doesn't always mesh well with my disability. I push myself and hurt myself way too often. But honestly, for a while now I've viewed this as a gift because it forces me to slow down when my fast-paced mind wouldn't otherwise let me. And life is a lot more … [Read more...]
Make the Good Even Louder
I see the news and it makes me feel so scared and hopeless and sad. But then I look up at the people around me, people passing by, and I look at my friends' pictures on social media, so many GOOD people leading lives of kindness.... and I remember that the good still outweighs … [Read more...]
The Balancing Act
Gordon really wanted to join me while I taught lessons today. So I sat him in my wheelchair while I sat at the piano and taught a voice lesson. I looked over, and my student's lovely voice had soothed him right to sleep! 😍 He's been there in that same position for half an hour … [Read more...]
Permanent. How I Made Peace With My Disability.
"The dust has settled." He looked me in the face and spoke the words that, deep down I already knew, but I still needed to hear out loud. And if words could cut like a knife, those ones were pretty sharp. It's like, even after two years, somewhere inside I had a string of … [Read more...]
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