As a young mom, I recall Mikelle’s sweet stretched out yawns, her gentle infant coos and the terrible fear of the dreaded baby swing that threw her into a startle so severe she thought she would fall to the ground. I remember the many attempts to help her learn to sit. Valiantly, we attempted to […]
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As families with special needs, we develop almost ninja-like warrior skills in fighting for our kids. We are strong, even when we feel weak. We speak out, even when we are shy. We believe in our kids, even when others don’t. We are courageous, even when our hearts ache. Our adeptness strips away our memory
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DisAbility sends a family racing towards a destiny no one is ever prepared to have. Our lives cross over the line of “normal” into the land of special. The terrain is beautiful, mountainous and rarely peaceful. As a result, we grow protective and try to shield our family member from the dangers of life living
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Wonder wheels mean accessible transportation to Mikelle. One becomes attached to an aging minivan for the vehicle equates to freedom. For the last seven years, “Silver Bullet” represented independence . We adopted the name because Mikelle loves darting all over town. Many drives drives ended in a afternoon trip to Washington Park to watch the ducks and geese float on
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Nightmares of Plumbing A guest blog for the Shining Beautiful Series by Taylor Mason. It has been two weeks. Two weeks since the ceiling of MIkelle’s bathroom bubbled and burst, like some twisted water park ride gone wrong, spilling gallons upon gallons of water into her room. Mysterious in its origin, we watched helplessly as
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Target on Target. A guest blog for the Shining Beautiful Series by Taylor Mason. Lately, Mikelle and her girls have been spending more and more time in the wide, red-accented aisles of Target. We’ve come to appreciate those aisles for their width and the ease in which Mikelle is able to navigate herself in them.
We have so many things we want to share in our story. But, where to start? How will you know what is the real story? How do you find the story that makes a difference to you and the reader? Understand that a story is an invitation to enter into a dynamic relationship between: The Story. The
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Right now, storytelling is powerful as Colorado thunderstorm broiling off the Rocky Mountains in summer. Powerful, landscape changing, storytelling can changes lives. Why? Storytelling, if done well, gets past all the noise in our minds striking like lightening through our busy lives. We are struck by the powerful glimpse into another’s world. Our hearts are
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The Freedom of Mobility There is a moment, a moment full of panic and anxiety, when Mikelle’s wheelchair pauses. This chair is well over five years old. It is worn and beaten with many technical issues. When you work with Mikelle you learn to become a sort of amateur handyman, a wheel chair repair expert
Repeal and Replace On March 6, 2017, Congress unveiled its “Repeal and Replace Obamacare” proposal, a plan kept under wraps until that day. With the announcement, many of us were left scratching our heads, wondering if Medicaid services—services that so many families have come to rely on—would be fundamentally altered. Unfortunately, the answer is still
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