If you are new to my blog, welcome! I blog about family, faith, disability, privilege, culture and the intersection of all of these realities. I tend to use events and stories from my life and the lives of my friends, family and neighbors as a way to begin conversations about what really matters. I hope […]
Thoughts from May 21-25, 2018
Once a week I compile the thoughts I’ve shared on my Facebook Author Page into one blog post. As it happened, last week on Monday I wrote a post (see May 21 below) about what it takes for people to change their minds. Then on Wednesday, I received a message from a woman whose family […]
Sharing Stories Instead of Opinions
Penny and Marilee and I had a girls’ day yesterday. They had a friend sleep over, which involved milkshakes and making up dances and watching High School musical. We all went to church, and then one of the girls’ favorite babysitters invited us over to her house so they could feed a newborn lamb. We […]
What a Snow Day Taught Me about God’s Love
Once a week I compile the reflections I’ve offered on Facebook into one blogpost. Here are the thoughts from the past five days: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 It’s been a long few weeks here in the Northeast, as any parent of any small child can tell you. Here in my part of Connecticut we are […]
A New Frontier for People with Disabilities
Once a week I compile the reflections I’ve offered on Facebook into one blogpost. Here are the thoughts from the past five days: Monday, March 5, 2018 I didn’t watch much of the Oscars last night, but I will confess to always at least scrolling through the pictures of men and women on the red […]
What Do You Want to Do when You’re Happy?
Once a week I compile the reflections I’ve offered on Facebook into one blogpost. Here are the thoughts from the past five days: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 I’ve been thinking about happiness lately. My hypothesis is that we don’t engage in destructive behavior when we’re happy. We don’t say, “I’m so happy, I think I’ll […]
