Every day, more and more yellow appears on the trees lining 8th Avenue near our home. Autumn is in the air. The sun rises a little later each morning, the breeze is cooler as it sweeps in the open window, kids are back in school. Halloween candy already lines the shelves at the grocery stores. […]
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Newsletter 3 Click the link above to read all about what’s been happening so far this spring at the Shining Beautiful! See who Mikelle has been hanging out with and what big things are still to come. Happy Spring!
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A Very Happy New Year After all the food has been eaten, parties have been partied and resolutions have been made it is finally time to step back and take a breather. The holidays are stressful, there’s no doubt, but they also bring a certain cheer to all who celebrate. We here at Shining Beautiful
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Chair vs Chair, Who Will Win Every day, multiple times throughout the day, Mikelle Learned makes the choice to switch from her power chair to her manual wheel chair. We here at the Shining Beautiful all have different theories as to why she sometimes feels more comfortable in her manual chair but we all agree
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Phamaly Theatre Company – A Review of DisLabeled – Boulder, CO by Taylor Mason Mikelle, Katherine and I were recently invited by the Phamaly Theater Co. to see DisLabeled, their comedic play highlighting many common misconceptions that “typicals”, or able bodied people, make about being disabled. PTC (Phamaly Theater Co. as I will from here
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Watch out! Here comes Mikelle! No matter the setting, this woman knows how to make an entrance. I remember the first time I met her, it was back in 2005 at Rocky Mountain Village and I was brand new. She came speeding into the room and was immediately the life of the party…everyone knew
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It is set. Next week we are heading off to Bronco Training Camp. Ian, Mikelle and me. Last year it was Tim Tebow, this year it is Payton Manning. Just for grins, this is the story of how it went last year. We will see what happens this year. Go Bronco’s. What is better on
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I love a good surprise. Not of the “psycho rips through the shower curtain with a knife” variety. No, no, that’s not my style. My favorite surprises hinge on unanticipated happiness. Catching someone at just the right moment and seeing their face transformed with the excitement of experiencing something unexpected and utterly delightful. Yeah, I
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