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A festive and colorful image highlighting the playbill FDR's Very Happy Hour being performed at the Denver Performing Arts Center. A colorful skull in Dia de Muerta fashion is featured on the left and a picture of Mikelle and Torie is in a circle on the right in red overtones inside the theater.

History, Humanity, and a Bracelet Sale in the Elevator

Sometimes the best lessons about community happen when we simply get out there and become part of it. Some days you head downtown for a little entertainment and come home with much more than you expected. This was one of those days. Mikelle, Torie, and I ventured into downtown Denver to attend FDR’s Very Happy

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When the Lights Flicker Out: Government Shutdowns, Disability, and the Unseen Cost on Families.

It is Oct 1, 2025—another government shutdown. In the quiet hours before dawn, when the world still clings to hope, a mother sits on her porch, coffee growing cold, wondering: How will we manage tomorrow? For families like mine — families of disability, of high stakes, of fragile structures held together by resolve — the

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Seasons of Change: August Reflections at Shining Beautiful

Transition Time August is a month of transition. The sun still lingers, but the shadows are growing longer. Back-to-school sales pop up in every store, vacations wind down, and we find ourselves asking: What’s next? At the Shining Beautiful household, August is living up to its reputation. Change is in the air, and it’s reshaping

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