Watching a version of your life on a 50” TV is a little intimidating. So I avoided it for as long as I could. Sure, I was curious, but as I read articles in the Denver Post, or researched the series on IMDB, I found myself holding my breath and noticed I was as anxious […]
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Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Mikelle, like any other woman, often feels the need for change. For her this could be a new purse, a pair of new sneakers, or the urge to dye her hair. When that urge begins to rear its head she is insistent. She will ask anyone and everyone daily
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Embracing Technology for Children with Special Needs Among our many worries, aspirations, and concerns as parents, one stands out: the desire for our children with special needs to be included as typical citizens in our community. We look forward to seeing our kids working in jobs that suit them perfectly. The idea of our children
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It is always strange to walk back to the future. Earlier this month, I did just that, walked back into the organization I had helped found over twenty years ago. At that time, my inspiration was inclusion for people with disabilities at the end of the 20th Century. I wanted a premier organization to
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Mom’s Summer Vacation Every summer my mom, Katherine Carol, hops on a plane and travels to the Dominican Republic (DR) for two weeks. It’s her chance to take a nice sunny break from our hectic everyday life. When she’s gone all my girls rally together to make sure I have everything I need. We scramble
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Couch Crushers At the end of April we realized that some changes were going to be forthcoming this spring/summer. Changes in Mikelle’s schedule, her staff, and not least of al, her apartment. First on our list of Things To Do was buy a new couch. This brought a plethora of it’s own problems. First we
By Katherine Carol and Taylor Mason As the seasons transition from Winter to Spring there is a renewed sense of energy. Energy in the air, in the city, and in Mikelle. With the warmer weather she has been able to be outside more, to spend time in coffee shops and at the park with
Caught in the middle of change. The Equinox has us smack dab in the middle of seasons. One day it is 70 degrees, the next we are buried under 18 inches of snow. It is as if we slow down to speed up. In March, we are in the midst of change. The seeds
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March Madness does exist at Mikelle’s home, but it is more like madness for making money at her Bracelet Bonanza Party. While many things bring a smile to Mikelle’s face, nothing makes her more confident than gathering the green stuff in her small hand. At the first ever Social Security Beneficiaries Summit, via conference call,
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Let’s start this new year together! “From one small seed of our first encounter have come many harvests.” Russ Berkus Mikelle and I, along with our friends at Shining Beautiful, are taking time to reflect on just where it we want to go this year. We do this every year and thought we would share
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