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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.

Holiday Cheer!

Tradition Every year is different, yet the same during the holidays. Tradition abounds at the Shining Beautiful household. So Mikelle’s annual holiday party is not

Are We Doomed?

Part Two   Exhaustion Sets In In last month’s blog post, Mikelle and I lamented that we are still in the middle of a staffing

Back to the Future?

Two years ago, Mikelle and I felt pretty comfortable living in her downtown condo. We had a solid team of support for Mikelle. Her life

Am I Eating Right?

  I am intrigued. For all the health and fitness information on the internet, stacked in the aisle at book stores, there is very little

Adding Voice to Advocacy

Advocacy is a Latin term made up of two words “Ad” and “Voca” which means “amplify” and “Voice” thus advocacy is the process of amplifying the voices

March Madness

  “Never let the things you cannot do prevent you from doing the things you can.” -Coach John Wooden Oh my goodness, the light at

Sunshine in Winter

  In the heart of winter lies February, the month of love. For us, it has been about romantic love for the pandemic that has

Once Upon Tomorrow

Once upon tomorrow, will there be rainbows?  What colors will we see? Where will the yellow brick road lead?  And, what will life be like