Mikelle and I feel compelled to write about life with a disability, not just the challenges but the opportunities, the friendships, the innovations, and the brilliance of our communities in action as we share our everyday life living with a disability. With a little more information, motivation, we hope to share how our life is shining beautiful and maybe help you to shine beautiful, too.
Friends who Become Family
Two guys. One a barista, the other the boyfriend of my daughter, Mikelle’s roommate Lauren Lawton. Who says men don’t care? I say, men do care? They just show it differently than women. Ian, then a barista, now a business man decided to take a risk to become friends with
Adriana: Drumming in Denver—Listening to the Heartbeat of Community in Action
Confluence Park one Sunday evening to participate in the drumming circle and the fire dancing. We packed my djembe (a small African drum) and dressed in our most earthy outfits to fit in with the regular Sunday night clientele. Mikelle and I had to dress up, but Kari fit right