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.
Birthdays, Community and COVID
Typically, each year we celebrate Mikelle’s birthday at Cheeseman Park. We have been doing this for so long I actually can’t think of the last
Change and ResponsAbilty
Change – the pace of change is real! None of us could have planned for COVID, protests, economic challenges, job loss, and alteration in services
The Purse Diva Acquires New Shopping Strategies During Lockdown
Mikelle’s inner fashionista is frustrated! One of Mikelle’s loves in life is Mikelle’s is purse shopping. Typically, just after coffee and before Gilmore Girls, Mikelle
Wait! What Happened to Our Community?
Creating Community in the Time of Social Distancing. Mikelle looks longing out our second-story window reminiscing about the days when her routine included a
Soul Mates. A Story of Love and Friendship
Fifteen years ago, a thoughtful high school teacher introduced Mikelle Learned and Jerome Stewart, she had a hunch these two might become the best of
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! As we begin this new year, I am aware of two things. One, I am getting older. Two, the world is changing
Holiday Harmony
Many of you, who came of age in the 1970s like me, remember being inspired by a television commercial. It was a Coca Cola commercial,
Holiday Blessings
Bless our hearts. The heart, our capable and vigorous organ pumps our life force throughout our body. It pumps while we wake, slumber, worry, laugh,
Feeling Out of Balance?
Whoa! Does the world appear to be a little off-balance these days or what? Let’s be real. Most of what we knew growing up no
Jim Warne, Ogalala Lakota film producer meets Mikelle!
Recently, Mikelle and I had the honor of interviewing Jim Warne, film producer of the documentary, 7th Generation. I met Jim at the Washington Initiative
Welcome, Sunshine!
Why is it important to announce a new team member? For one thing, we love to share the sunshine in our lives! Take a look,
Clock In/Clock Out
Electronic Visit Verification is raging across the country. See how two families are dealing with it in Colorado.